A significant expression of their differing worldviews appears in their attitudes toward wealth – a perspective that ...

In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

Thank you, Jacob. For what, you might ask? For reminding us never to miss a chance to do good, to say a kind word, to act with intention while we still have the gift of “now.” In one simple act, Jacob ...

Do we have the resolve to look past the opinions of others and seek the core truth of every person and situation?

The violence of brothers hating each other and even killing one another –which we are witnessing in Israel and Palestine in ...

While reading Parshat Vayishlach this year, I was struck by the imbalance between speech and silence and what it suggests ...

This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, deposits us into the dramatic ongoing narrative of Jacob’s life, as he prepares to ...

Torah in Seven, hosted by Lubavitch International's editor-in-chief, Baila Olidort, distills each week’s parsha into a clear, ...

Musicals often center on outsiders striving to belong, and "Wicked," while not overtly Jewish, speaks to that experience.

Explore the significance of Jacob's dream in the Torah portion Vayetze, featuring the intriguing stairway to heaven.

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