Parsha Toldot: The Almost Repetitive Torah

This week’s parsha (weekly Torah portion) is called Toldot which means generations, as in, “These are the generations of Yitzhak (Isaac),” which is how the parsha begins.  It seems a little strange to call this parsha, “Generations,” considering it really only focuses on one generation:  the two sons of Yitzhak, Asov (Esau) and Yaakov (Jacob).  If any of you out there want to read one idea on this subject, I invite you to look back to what I wrote for … Continue reading