Toldot
Genesis · 5articles
Parashat Toldot - Second Aliyah
Fear recurring in two generations, Abimelech’s rebuke and blessing in a hard year. Ramban, Radak and Rashi on Isaac and Rebecca in Gerar and the hundredfold harvest.
Parashat Toldot - First Aliyah
Twenty years of waiting, a prayer of we, and Rebecca’s cry. Rashi, Radak, Ramban and Rashbam on family and the sale of the birthright.
Esau's Blessing Includes 'By Your Sword You Shall Live' and Dependence on His Brother. Is This a Curse, a Different Kind of Blessing, or a Description of a Nation That Lives in Perpetual Movement Between Rebellion and Subjugation?
An exploration of Isaac's blessing to Esau - part material blessing, part existential profile - examining how 'by your sword you shall live' reflects a dynamic fate of strength, conflict, and perpetual tension with Jacob.
Esau Says “I Am Going to Die”: What Does He Mean?
Hunting danger, the responsibility of sacrificial service or denial of the world to come? Esau’s words and a careful comparison with life in danger.
Rebecca and Esau: “Why Am I?” and “I Am Going to Die”
Rebecca seeks an answer; Esau sells the birthright. Rashi, Ramban and Ibn Ezra open a reflection on meaning, responsibility and the future.
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