Rivkah, Mother of our People
Parshat Toldot Ed Rapoport (acknowledging writing of Dina Coopersmith) Today’s parasha has the titanic story of Jacob and Esau. Starting already in the womb: Good versus Evil, the Jewish world versus the Christian world, a parallel to the preceding mythic story of Isaac and Ishmael: the Jewish world versus the Arab/Islamic world. Jacob was the conniver in the story of the lentil soup. He understood his impetuous brother, knew his weaknesses and took advantage of them. It is a