Q: How is it that the Torah says that Isaac loved Esau? How could he have loved such an obviously evil person? A: In the
In Hebrew, the idiom "to see someone's face" can mean either to appease him or to fight him. After winning the wrestling bout with Esau's
King David asked the question "Who am I?" The Bible describes him as "reddish with beautiful eyes and goodly appearance." Each of us has a
The two great exiles of the Jewish People in our days: Edom (אדום, 51) and Ishmael (ישמעאל, 451) equal 502 = "Cursed be Haman" (ארור
God saved Jacob from his father-in-law Lavan, his brother Esau, and his "son-in-law" Shechem (his daughter's rapist), three generations. Jacob is the all-inclusive Jewish soul.
"And these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham, Abraham begat Isaac." Know who your father really is; he can make you potent.