But the thing is, Esau and Isaac were twin brothers. Maybe we were meant to learn that Jacob messed up here. Maybe this is supposed to be an object lesson.

For Jacob, it’s about winning. Esau, though, grows beyond hurts large and small. He wants to share a journey with his brother. He wants to live side by side. It’s not about revenge for him.

Introduction The Torah relates that Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca (Genesis 25:24), went on separate paths (Genesis 25:27), Esau the hunter and Jacob the man of tents. Later ...

I was thrilled when our synagogue assigned bnei mitzvah Torah portions and our twins got "Toldot," the coming-of-age story of the first biblical twins, Jacob and Esau. Then I re-read it.

The relationship between the brothers Jacob and Esau is shot through with dramatic tension: manipulation and deceit, violence and forced separation, conflict and unexpected rapprochement. So it seems ...