Parashat Toldot: Table of Contents
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CONTENTS
  • Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
  1. "Yitzhak loved Esav because there was [hunted] game in his mouth." Whose mouth is being referred to here: is it Yitzhak’s or Esav’s?
  2. Yaakov's punishment for causing Esav the grief of taking the blessing
  3. When is your personality determined?
  • Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
  1. How does the meal Yaakov made connect to his buying the birthright from Esav?
  2. Is it possible to defend Yaakov's deception?
  3. What does Esav mean when he says, “I am going to die” and how does it explain why he was so willing to sell his first-born status to Yaakov?
  • Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
  1. כִּיבּוּד אָב וָאֵם honoring your parents
  2. How would it be possible for a younger twin to reach the age of mitzvot before her older sister?
  3. Why was Yaakov cooking lentil stew?
  • A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית​​​​​​
  1. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ ע.ק.ב
  2. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ ח.פ.ר