Isaac
History Series / Part 4

Because Abraham brought morality to the world, he left it more peaceful for Isaac. Yet while Isaac did not have to make war against other nations, he did live with struggle, even within his own house. With Midrashim and Torah commentary, Rabbi Wein examines the life of Isaac, his blindness to the faults of his son Esau, and the moment of revelation in which he grasps Jacob's superiority.

• Jewish historiography: Isaac set the pattern of our future
• the survivor of the Akeida, prototype of Jewish survival
• the struggles and successes of Jewish parenting
• Isaac as transitional bridge between Abraham and Jacob