Study

Jacob and his family's evolving relationship with God illustrates the complex struggle with faith and monotheism.

Jacob and the Jewish people have learned powerful lessons from the experience of exile.

Joseph teaches us to temper love with a sense of duty and a knowledge of right and wrong.

Despite Jacob's negative experiences with favoritism, he repeats this trait in his own family and home.

The brothers could not speak peacefully with Joseph because they allowed their anger and resentment to control them.

Parashat Vayeshev teaches us the importance of ensuring that we enact justice in light of the ease with which our systems of justice can be abused.

We can learn from Jacob's encounter with Esau to meet others as we would meet God.

The consequences of what we say are extremely far-reaching, demanding that we choose our words carefully.

To be fully educated and human we must study a range of disciplines--humanities and sciences, secular and Judaic.

Laban and Jacob's business relationship teaches us about the importance of ensuring ethical working conditions.

How the rabbis tried to make sense of this strange dream.

Jacob's response to his dream provides us with two models of discovering God's presence.