Candlelighting, Readings: Candles: 4:24 p.m. Torah: Gen. 23:1-25:18 Haftarah: I Kings 1:1-31 Havdalah: 5:24 p.m. The fascinating marriage of Isaac and Rebecca — from the circumstances ...

Yes, Isaac loves her initially and takes her to his mother’s tent; “And he took Rebecca as a wife, and he loved her and he was comforted after his mother”(Genesis 24:66).

Our goal is not to smash the ideal of Rebecca and Isaac’s love, but rather to smash the idols of rape culture in our own holy texts. Except in Midrash, idols don’t get smashed in a day.

Blind Isaac favors Esau, desiring to grant him superiority, dominion, and eternal blessings. However, Rebecca, understanding the potential harm to the people of Israel, decides to change the ...

If in Akedah Michael’s Isaac is a beautiful and attractive man projecting goodness and kindness, in Rebecca ( 2009) and Isaac ( 2016), he is much older and obviously sadder. In the psychological ...

Back in the days of the Bible, before Dr. Phil or Prozac, life was different. Yet even by modern standards Isaac and Rebecca had a stunningly dysfunctional relationship. They lacked communication s… ...