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From before the days of Messiah until today, Jewish people have read from and discussed a prescribed portion of the Pentateuch each week. Now, Russ Resnik, a Messianic Jewish rabbi, has added his voice to the ancient conversation about the Torah. With reference to and respect for the rabbis who have already contributed to this conversation, he brings another perspective on the Torah, that of a...

What then do we say? Is there no difference between the two brothers except for God’s arbitrary choice? Is that choice so thoroughly God’s prerogative that it never influences how the brothers live or think? No, there is one clear difference between the two that we can trace through the whole story. Jacob values what God values and Esau does not. Jacob understands what is truly important, although he does not always understand how to obtain it. Esau, who is not altogether evil, does altogether miss
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