And Yaakov came to Yitzhak his father (in) Mamre Kiriat Arba which is Hebron where Avraham and Yitzhak resided. (35:27) He comes to his spiritual father reborn as a believer in the one God, and he ...

Yaakov didn’t have an easy go of it with his family ties. Quite literally his father didn’t think he had what it took to save the world. His mother was emotionally on his side but physically had to ...

When Yaakov Avinu was presented with Yosef’s bloody cloak and he concluded that Yosef had been killed by a wild animal, the Torah teaches that Yaakov “observed mourning for his son many days” and ...

In these parshayot, we meet the essence of Yaakov, truth=emet, in its truest form. When Yaakov meets Eisav, he informs him that he lived with Lavan and yet held the 613 mitzvot. Rashi adds that Yaakov ...

This week’s Parsha, VaYeitzei, marks a turning point in the life of Yaakov Avinu (our forefather). Circumstances conspired to compel him to abandon his parents’ home and his birthplace. Yaakov needed ...

The story is told of a young man at an airport who bought a bag of cookies to enjoy while waiting for his flight. An older man who sat down next to him began helping himself to the cookies that lay ...