Esau is the eponymous father of the Edomites, and Jacob of the Israelites ... of white people calling the police to complain about black people doing things like bird watching while black ...

Its resolution led to the development of black body radiation theory ... We first see this in the story of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob: And Jacob said: “Sell me first thy birthright.” ...

It asks us to entertain an alternative possibility and to recognize that things are rarely as black and white as they seem. What could have been had Jacob succeeded in awakening Esau’s better self?

Jacob then gave Esau bread and lentil stew; he ate and drank and got up and left. Thus, Esau spurned the birthright.” (Genesis 25:33-34) This was certainly the first black Friday special!

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 says of Jacob and Esau: "The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled trapper, a man of the field. Jacob was a scholarly man who remained within the tents." (Genesis 25:27) Rashi comments ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: “We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with ...

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 ...

The classic wrestling match in Biblical literature is that between the most dissimilar twins, Jacob and Esau. They began their struggle with each other even before they were born, in their mother ...

It is a story about fear. Jacob knows that he cannot return home without in some way confronting his relationship with his estranged brother Esau. He sends messengers to Esau offering a ...

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 ...