According to an intriguing Midrash (Tanchuma Toldot 4), Abraham would not have made it out of his hometown of Ur Casdim alive were it not for the intervention of his grandson Jacob. King Nimrod ...

Gd will never finish giving him everything He has for him. But Jacob – Israel – will have to feel the lack, recognize it and ask for what’s missing. This cycle will do two things ...

The post West Bank historian slain in Lebanon might have been attempting to visit tomb associated with Simeon, son of Jacob – ...

The Midrash HaGadol has Laban’s birth aligned with those he would soon oppress. “Laban was born through the merit of the ...

Esau was a wild man, hunting animals as well as women. Jacob was a student of Torah. One was a gladiator, the other a sage. Esau would become the father of Rome, the destroyers of our temple, while ...

Jacob Rosenheim, one of the founders of the Agudath Israel World Organization, and one of that Orthodox organization’s topmost leaders for many years, died here today at the age of 95.