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To view this email as a web page, click here. Learn more about the YUTorah Society Sponsor a Day of Learning on YUTorah Download the YUTorah in Print for Parshat Toldot 5786 13 pages of insights and inspiration from the parsha for your Shabbat enjoyment! Download Now See all previous editions of YUTorah in Print for Parshat Toldot See all articles on YUTorah for Parshat Toldot See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Toldot TOPICS IN PARSHAT TOLDOT Yitzchak's Tefillah Why made his prayers so effective? Learn more Yaakov and Eisav in the Womb What happened to free will? Learn more The Personalities of Yaakov and Eisav How did two boys with the same parents develop so differently? Learn more The Eternal Relationship of Yaacov and Eisav How does the history of anti-semitism relate to our parsha? Learn more The Selling of the Birthright Why was Eisav so dismissive of the bechora? Learn more Yitzchak's Financial Success What was everyone so upset about? Learn more Yitzchak's Blindness How did he end up losing his eyesight? Learn more Did Yaakov Lie? So many different ways to understand his words. Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Bar Mitzvah, Weddings, Honoring Parents, and more. Learn more More Topics in Parshat Toldot Avraham and Yitzchak • Yitzchak Avinu • Rivkah Imeinu • Esav's Trickery • Yaacov Ish Tam •  The Episode of Avimelech •  The Episode of the Wells •  Why did Yitzchak Want to Give the Brachot to Eisav •  The Stealing of the Blessings • Kol Yaacov • Eisav's Smell • Yitzchak's Fear • Eisav's Cry • Sending Yaacov Away • Eisav and Yishmael • Esav's Wives • Shiurim on the Haftorah QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Abramovitz: Pepsi and Lentils: Whose Food Is It? Rabbi Elchanan Adler: The Mechila of a Chasan Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits: The 'Mitzvah' of Rechilus? Understanding Yitzchak's Shocking Words to Eisav Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: Five Things Eisav Did Wrong Rabbi Noach Goldstein: The Anti-Semite's Mentality Rabbi Jeremy Golker: An Amazing Meshech Chochma Rabbi Daniel Grama: It makes sense to ME Rabbi Jonathan Green: Laughter good or bad?!? A huge life lesson Rabbi Yisroel Juskowitz: Transforming the Physical Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan: Why the Blessing in this Way? Rabbi Beni Krohn: Always Giving Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Seeing A Person's Hidden Strengths and Talents Rabbi Yoni Levin: Echos of Esav in Shushan: The Bechorah, the Banquet, and the Battle Within Rabbi Ari Mirzoeff: The Inner Plea Of Yitzchak Avinu Rabbi Jonah Steinmetz: A Constant, Consistent Love Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky: When Did Esav Get His Yetzer Hara? Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: The Importance of Yitzchak being Metzachek with Rivka QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: Esav's Hooves Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Yaakov and Esav, Shoulder to Shoulder Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald: Why Was Rebecca Barren? Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Yitzchak's Love for Eisav Rabbi Yehuda Mann: Salt, Straw, and the Secret of Lasting Impact Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Lonely, but Certain Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Hope for the Hostile Child Daf Yomi |  Mishna Yomi |  Support YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah Website is a project of Yeshiva University. Yeshiva University 515 West 185th St New York, NY 10033 You can manage your subscription with the Manage My Subscription form.