Rebecca feared that Isaac, unaware of this prophecy, would put Esau above Jacob (as, indeed, Isaac intended to do when he put Jacob the lord over his brother, thinking that he was blessing Esau).

Isaac is very lucidly getting even with Jacob (and Rebecca “the sister of Laban”) for having hornswoggled the birthright from Esau when he was at his most vulnerable from an act of honoring ...

The great wonder was that after our forefather Isaac realized it was not Esau who he blessed, but Jacob, he was indeed seized with a violent fit of trembling, but nevertheless, was not angry with ...

It began with the first two human born into this world, the world’s first brothers. In the course of time, Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the soil. Abel, for his part ...

This week's Dvar Torah is by Rabbi Yeroham Simsovic,former Rav shaliach in Oxford (2006-2007) and is currently teaching at Yeshivat Horev in Jerusalem In the issue of Isaac’s blessings to his ...

Isaac fully understood the nature of his two sons. He loved Esau but this did not blind him to the fact that Jacob would be the heir of the covenant.

I'm amazed at the things that get blessed these days. Back in olden times, blessings were only given out sparringly and to people or icons. Isaac, at the moment of his death, gave his blessing to ...

A Blessing For Esau. By Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman November 13, 2012 12:00 am. Advertisement. Candlelighting, ... Isaac sends Esau to hunt for game and then make dinner.

First Jacob tricks Esau into trading his birthright for a bowl of soup, then Rebecca helps Jacob plot a coup by tricking Isaac into blessing him instead of his brother. Eventually Esau vows to ...

Today’s Torah reading (Genesis 25:19 – 28:9) is primarily about the relationship between the twin brothers Jacob and Esau and their relations with their parents, Isaac and Rebecca.