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In this week's parsha Yaakov and Eisav are born.\

The Torah (25;28) tells us that "Yaakov loved Eisav," even though he was wicked.

The Sforno (25;28) relates that Yitzchak actually knew that Yaakov was more righteous--but he still favored Eisav (as the pasuk only states that Yitzchak loved Eisav).

However, if Yitzchak knew about Eisav's evilness then why did he love him more than Yaakov?

I think we could answer that Eisav honored Yitzchak a lot more than Yaakov--therefo… Continue

How does one deal with a reality that challenges one preconceived notions? Rivkah our Mother A’H was married some nineteen years when she became pregnant. Rivkah and her husband Yitzchak our Father A’H prayed for many years beforehand (25:20-21,26)

25:22 relates that Rivkah’s pregnancy was so difficult that she wondered why she ever yearned for or prayed for children (see 25:22 Rashi ZT;L ZY’A “Lamah zeh anochi” ) Rabbi Moshe been Nachman (RAMBAN) ZT’L ZY’A Rivkah did not know what pregnancy wa… Continue

שבת טעם החיים תולדות תש"ע
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Toldos 5770

Blessings unlimited
Introduction
So he drew close and kissed him; he smelled the fragrance of his garments and blessed him; he said, “See, the fragrance of my son is like the fragrance of a field which HaShem had blessed.” (Bereishis 27:27)
In this week’s parasha the Torah records the blessings that Yitzchak conferred on his son Yaakov. The Torah states that when Esav returned from his hunt and discovered that Yaakov had received the… Continue

There is a famous story told about the Chofetz Chaim, among others, that when he was young he thought he could change the world. Then progressively, as he got older, he thought maybe he could at least change his community, then maybe at least his family and then, finally, maybe he could at least change himself.

One lesson to be learned from that story is that he wasn’t constricting his range of influence because of his inability to accomplish what he wanted to do. On the contrary, he was constr… Continue

If you, or someone you know, is troubled by unwanted thoughts, a very easy and effective way to get rid of them is to simply “blow them away.” Any time an unwanted thought pops into your mind, blow air out of your mouth forcefully and repeatedly, as many times as you need to, until the thought is blown away.

Once you get proficient at this technique, which usually takes very little time, you will find that you will also be able to successfully blow away not only your yetzer hora when it tries t… Continue