Torah Classes

Chp. 26 verses 1 - 22: There is a famine in the land. Yitzhok moves to Gerar the land of the Philistines. The people are jealous of his success and they ask him to leave. He re-digs the same wells that his father dug but there is contention. He then digs a third well which no one contends with.

Chp 25 verse 25 - end of chp 25: Continues with the birth of Yaakov, a description of who the brothers were, and that Yitzhok loved Esau and Rivkah loved Yaakov. Esau sells his birthright to Yaakov for a bowl of lentils.

Chp 27 verse 40 until the end of sedra. Esau hates Yaakov for taking his blessing and plans to kill him. Knowing this, Rivkah sends Yaakov to her brother Lavan. Chapter 28 begins with Yitzhok blessing Yaakov with Avraham's blessing and telling him to marry a daughter from the children of Lavan. Esau takes another wife from the daughters of Yishmael. Last 18 minutes of lecture chp 28 verses 10-11 begin sedra of Vayeitzei: Vayeitzei begins with an introduction and Yaakov leaving Beer-sheva and coming to the place of the temple.

Chp 27 verse 6 - chp 27 verse40: Rivkah tells Yaakov to dress as Esau and take his blessing, he is reluctant but she insists. Yitzhok, though not certain about his identity blesses Yaakov anyway with Esaus' blessing. Esau returns from the field and is distraught when he realizes that Yaakov took his blessing. Yaakov does manage to give Esau a blessing as well.

Chp 26 verse 1 - chp 27 verse 5: There is a famine in the land and Yitzhok moves his family to Gerar. Hashem blesses him with the blessing that He had given to Avraham. He tells Rivkah to say that she is his sister. He is very successful and re-opens the wells that his father dug. Avimelech visits and makes a treaty with him. Esau gets married. Chapter 27 begins with Yitzhok telling Esau that he wants to bless him before he dies.

Chp 25 verse 19 - chp 25 verse 25: This sedra deals with Yitzhok and his children Esau and Yaakov. It begins by telling us that Yaakov married Rivkah and that she was barren. He prays and she becomes pregnant, but her pregnancy is difficult and unusual, and she is told that she is carrying twins who will be antagonist all their lives. The first one born is hairy and they call him Esau.

Chp. 25 verse 6 until end: Avraham gives his sons from Keturah gifts and he sends them to the east. He dies and is buried by Yitzhok and Yishmael. The Torah then lists the children of Yishmael and then recounts his death.

Chp. 24 verse 1 - chp. 24 verse 23: Avraham is now old and he sends his trusted servant Eliezer to find a wife for Yitzhok from his family in Aram Naharaim. He finds Rivkah at the well and she gives him and his camels water to drink.

Chp.24 verse 23 - chp. 25 verse 5: Rivkah takes Eliezer to her father's house, and we meet her brother Lavan. Eliezer retells the story of how he met Rivkah to her family and the family agrees to allow her to go with him to marry Yitzhok. Yitzhok goes out to the field to pray and she sees him. Chp. 25 begins with Avraham taking Keturah as a wife, and the names of the children she bore for him are recounted.

Chp. 23 - chp. 24 verse 1: The death and burial of Sarah. Avraham purchases the cave of the Machpela from Efrom.