In this week’s haftara, the prophet Malakhi opens his prophecy with an expression of divine scorn for Israel’s older twin: “Is Esav not a brother to Yaakov? So says the Lord: Yet I loved Yaakov and ...

The haftarah for the Torah portion “Toldot,” taken from the opening chapters of the Book of Malachi, is a searing rebuke and a moral audit of a people slipping into complacency. If the parasha is a ...

The Book of Genesis is more than a record of the past. The lives of our ancestors set patterns that continue to shape Jewish history. Their experiences became models that repeat across generations.

In this week's parasha, Leah thanks G-d when Yehuda is born and we thank G-d every morning before we get out of bed.

Parashat Toldot: Directing our natural inclinations This is humanity’s eternal challenge: Not to give in to impulses and the desire for immediate gratification but to steer it toward a higher purpose.

The Colombo High Court was informed today (April 4) that the President and the Prime Minister are agreeable under certain conditions to end the proceedings in the shortest manner with regard to the ...

Rabbi Shlomo Rosenblatt gives a daily daf yomi shiur and has been a rebbi at Yeshiva Derech HaTorah for 15 years. His talmidim and alumni are the inspiration for his divrei Torah; there is no better ...

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