Jacob and Esau reunite after decades of separation following Jacob’s tricking Isaac into blessing him (while masquerading as Esau). Esau felt livid, cheated, and destroyed, determined to kill ...

Exodus 4:27-28 describes their reunion: “God said to Aaron ... and he shall be to you instead of a mouth.” Esau, redeemed by Jacob, perhaps, could have been a partner fulfilling the ...

When Jacob hears that Esau, the brother who has sworn to kill him, is coming with 400 men, “Jacob was greatly frightened (Gen. 32:8).” He divides his camp and says they should present ...

They embrace one another and weep in this moment of true reunion. Jacob knows that it won’t last long, and therefore though Esau invites him to come live with him, Jacob respectfully declines.

In this week’s Torah portion, Toldos, we are introduced to Jacob and Esau. On the surface, the story is one of sibling rivalry, but its mystic depths contain some of the most profound secrets of ...

It is for this reason that the man of truth and integrity, Jacob, said [on his reunion with Esau], ‘I have seen you, and it is like seeing the face of G-d’ (Genesis 33:10). His word shall not ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, In the spiritual narrative of humanity, the story of Jacob and Esau stands as a profound allegory for the internal struggle between higher ...

Esau represents the seed of the snake and Jacob represents the seed of the woman, and the judgement is that the seed of the snake shall bruise the head of the seed of the woman, and the seed of ...