http://www.chabad.org/magazine/default.asp?aid=9172 Chabad.org Parshah Portal features basic texts, summaries and in-depth analysis as well as commentary and other articles on the weekly Torah portion Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3178 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3178 Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=9172 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=9172 Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=9172 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=9172 A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=15571 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=15571 Explore the Parshah together with a hundred generations of scholars and mystics, from Moses to today. Includes a detailed summary and overview, and dozens of selected excerpts from the Midrash, Talmud, the Commentaries and the Chassidic Masters. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2640 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2640 Abraham and Ishmael, Abraham and Isaac--a study in the difference between likeness and semblance Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=15573 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=15573 Ishmael's mother was the Egyptian Hagar, while Isaac was born to the righteous Sarah. But Jacob and Esau were <i>twins</i>; what explain their divergent characters? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=62001 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=62001 Who was Isaac? Even in Toldot, the only Parshah devoted primarily to Isaac's 180 years, we are hard-pressed to find some clues to his identity and personality Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=62002 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=62002 What was Isaac thinking? a closer reading of the text--and subtexts--of the story of the "stolen blessings" reveals a debate between Isaac and Rebecca beyond the commonly-thought "favorite son" contest Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2641 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2641 The deeper significance of Esau's pretentions to "tithing straw" Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326656 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326656 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326657 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326657 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=331956 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=331956 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=458115 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=458115 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326658 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326658 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036427 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036427 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036960 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1036960 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326659 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326659 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=328253 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=328253 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=329804 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=329804 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326660 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=326660 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=768744 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=768744 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST