Shabbat - 11/10/07 (29 Cheshvan 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is -- Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9). Topics in Toledot: Rebecca’s barrenness and pregnancy, The birth of Jacob and Esau, The personalities emerge, Sale of the birthright, A famine forces Isaac to Philistia, Isaac in Gerar, The prophetic dispute over the wells, G-d assures Isaac, Abimelech reaffirms the treaty, Esau marries, Isaac’s decision to bless Esau, Rebecca’s scheme, Jacob comes to Isaac, Jacob gets Isaac’s blessing, Esau arrives for his blessings, Esau’s hatred of Jacob, Jacob is told to flee to Laban, The admonition against marrying a Canaanite; the Abrahamitic blessing is conveyed to Jacob, Esau marries the daughter of Ishmael For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation