This week’s parsha contains the only story in the Torah in which the patriarch Isaac takes center stage. No, it’s not the Akeidah (that was mostly about Abraham), and it’s not the story about the blessing of the firstborn (that story is really about Jacob and Esav).

It’s the time Isaac goes around digging wells! Is this the illustrious legacy of our great forefather Isaac? Why does the Torah waste its time telling us about this story? You’d think that Isaac has more to teach us than how to find underground water sources. But what if the story of the wells is actually teaching us something fundamental about Isaac’s legacy? 

In this week’s episode Imu Shalev and David Block show us the deeper meaning behind the story of Isaac's wells.

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