Observation by Kol Hator: The Haftarah sheds Light on the deadlock impression that many of us would have experienced in contemplating on Parashat Toldot which deals with the Family strife that the Patriarchs of Israel experienced – that is between Isaac and Ishmael and between Jacob and Esau. The Haftarah from Malachi seems to be […]
Rabbi Meir Schweiger The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il) DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in any way to KOL HATOR and may well not share our views and interpretations. We do however thank them for their insight and pointers that confirm […]
Texts: Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 || Malachi 1:1-2:7 (Haftarah) NOTE: Kol HaTor, in its commentaries on the weekly Parashot, endeavours to search for and accentuate the Torah Messages contained in the Parashot as applicable to the main Theme of Tanach of the Return of the House of Israel, i.e. the Lost Ten Tribes of Northern Israel […]
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Would You Steal From a Blind Husband? (Aleph Beta, Rabbi Fohrman) In the story of Rebecca in the bible, her choices seem perplexing: She seems to participate, even to initiate, a plan with her son Jacob to flat-out deceive her aging husband Isaac. The goal, more or less, was to steal a birthright intended for […]