Toldos

“Rivka took the clothes of Eisav… and placed them upon her younger son, Yaakov.” Along the path toward closeness with our Source, obstacles, difficulties, and challenges abound. The moment we resolve to return to the Master of the world, the yetzer hara gets right to work, making use of an endless number of strategies to…

Yitzchak Avinu begins his blessing to Yaakov with the words וְיִתֶּן־לְךָ הָאֱלֹהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ – “May God give you of the dew of the heavens and of the fatness of the earth.” Commenting on the word “וְיִתֶּן”, Rashi writes וְיַחֲזֹר וְיִתֵּן – “(He will give), return, and give again.” There appear to be…