YUTorah for parashat Toledot

Audio Shiurim on Toldot Rabbi Dr. David Berger: Jacob/Israel, Esau/Edom, and the True Israel in the Jewish-Christian Debate  Rabbi Yosef Blau: The Qualities of Yitzchak  Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Did Esav Do Teshuva?  Rabbi Avishai David: The Vision of Yaakov  Rabbi Solomon Drillman: Avraham Holid Es Yitzchak  Rabbi Ally Ehrman: The Koach Of Nesina  Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein: Yitzchak and Rivka's Machloket  Rabbi Aaron Feigenbaum: Maaser Avos  Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: Parallel Prayers  Rabbi Ezra Frazer: Father Knows Best? Towards Understanding Yitzchak’s Love of Esav  Rabbi Beinish Ginsburg: Yitzhak's role as one of the Avos  Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: A Deceitful Truth  Rabbi Yehuda Goldschmidt: Esav's Foolish Value System  Rabbi Ephraim Greene: Dig In!  Rabbi Shalom Hammer: National Religious and Yaakov  Rabbi Daniel Hartstein: What a Jew Smells Like  Rabbi Herzl Hefter: Why did Yitzchak Love Esav? Rabbi Aryeh Hendler: The Theft of the Blessings as a Background to an Educational Dispute  Rabbi Jesse Horn: Why Esuv got so mad when he lost the Bechora  Rabbi Ari Kahn: The Prophecy of Rivka  Rabbi Aharon Kahn: Holding Ourselves to a Higher Standard  Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky: Yitzchak's Wells  Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg: Empty Dreams and False Hopes  Rabbi Binyamin Kwalwasser: Living in the Dark Rabbi David Lebor: Why is Yitzchak One of the Avot Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: Bending For Ratzon Hashem  Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz: Are There "Type A" Personalities?: Free Will and Character Traits  Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: The Master Plan  Rabbi Eliezer Lerner: We need Tefilla, not Hashem Rabbi Meir Lipschitz: The Sale of the Birthright  Rabbi Shmuel Marcus: Yitzchak's Pachad  Rabbi Dovid Miller: Why is Yitzchak's Blessing in the Merit of Avraham?  Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger: Did the Avos Keep the Torah Rabbi Michael Olshin: Will the Real Yaakov Please Stand Up  Mrs. Nechama Price: Family Dynamic: Was Yitzchak Following in his Father's Footsteps?  Rabbi Zev Reichman: Why did Yitzchak love Esav?  Professor Smadar Rosensweig: Interrelationship of Avot and Imahot  Mrs Ilana Saks: Black and White and Read Again  Rabbi Hershel Schachter: The Importance of Finding a Rebbe  Shay Schachter: "Baruch Sheptarani" - Who recites and Why?  Rabbi Avi Schneider: Twin Challenges  Rabbi Ezra Schwartz: Permission to Deceive: Halachot of Lying  Rabbi Avraham Shulman: Defining Truth - When is it a Mitzvah to Lie?  Rabbi Baruch Simon: The Kabalat HaTefila of Yitzchak Rabeinu  Mrs. Shira Smiles: Tumultuous Trembling  Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky: Torah is Eternal  Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik: The Leitzanei Hador  Rabbi Reuven Spolter: Rivka, Yaakov, Eisav, and Flying Missiles  Rabbi Moshe Stav: נסיון לחיות לפי האמת Rabbi Moshe Taragin: The Invisible Man  Rabbi Michael Taubes: Wedding Minhagim and Forgiveness of Sins  Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg: Aveirah Lishmah and the Need for Self-Sacrifice Rabbi Moshe Weinberger: Digging Deep Inside Your Well and Writing a New Song Rabbi Mordechai Willig: Baruch Shepatrani Meionsho Shel Zeh  Rabbi Avraham Willig: Missed Opportunities  Rabbi Benjamin Yudin: Why is Rebbe the chosen descendant of Yaacov?  Rabbi Andi Yudin: You Are What You Say  Rabbi Ari Zahtz: The Bechora for Beans  Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler: Food for Thought  Rabbi Michoel Zylberman: Did the Avos Keep the Torah? Articles on Toldot Jed Abraham: A Literary Solution to the Name Variations of Esau's Wives Rabbi Etan Moshe Berman: I Thought Jacob was Supposed to be the One Who Told the Truth? Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn: How a Tzaddik Lies Sarah Friedman: Ya'akov and Esav: Identical Opposites Rabbi Ozer Glickman: Riding the Spanish Jitney with the Malbim Rabbi Shmuel Goldin: Another Covenant? Rabbi Meir Goldwicht: Eisav's Scent Rabbi Avraham Gordimer: The Meaning of the Miraculous Food Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb: Spiritual Continuity Rabbi Maury Grebenau: A Well Tread Path Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg: חנוך לנער על פי דרכו Rabbi Josh Hoffman: A Grain of Salt Rabbi David Horwitz: The Divergent Paths of Yaakov and Esau Rabbi Chaim Jachter: A New Perspective on Yaakov’s Purchase of the Birthright Batsheva Kuhr: Insight into Yitzchak’s Eyesight Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl: Grant Truth to Yaakov Leora Perlow: The “Warrior” Gene Exemplified in Esau Rabbi Zvi Shiloni: It's not enough to just care Rabbis Stanley M Wagner and Israel Drazin: Extolling Israelite Ancestors Yehudit Weinberger: Yitzchak: A Man of Vision Parsha Sheets on Toldot HALB DRS: Dvarim Hayotzim Min Halev SOY(YU): Einayim L'Torah YU/Torah miTzion Toronto Beit Midrash: Toronto Torah Haftorah of Toldot Rabbi Avraham Rivlin: מי גם בכם ויסגור דלתיים Rabbi Zvi Romm: Hashem's Love for Us  Mrs. Shani Taragin: Malachi and Malachim: The Revival of Rhetoric  Rabbi Jeremy Wieder: Laining for Parshat Toldot See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Toldot During the last year of the RIETS semikha (ordination) program, students go through an intensive overview of major areas of halacha, such as cooking on Shabbat, eruvin, tevilat keilim, mikvah, conversions and lifecycle laws. These shiurim are available on YUTorah for you to use as a great way to deepen your understanding of these practical issues that arise on a regular basis. Click here to see the shiurim

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