BEIT TORAH JEWISH CONGREGATION -

an Unaffiliated Jewish Community serving the Tri-city area of Prescott, Prescott Valley, and Chino Valley & surrounding areas.

Kabbalat Shabbat zoom 5 pm MST, 4 pm PST, 7 pm EST during Standard Time every Friday eve unless otherwise noted here! please email ansheitorah@gmail.com to request link.

Parashah summary below at end.

Greet every person with a pleasant face.

Receive every person in a cheerful manner.- Ethics of the Fathers 1:15; 3:16"

Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein

"We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors --- we have borrowed it from our children." - ancient proverb.

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We exist thanks to the donations of our members and other interested parties. We are all volunteers and have no paid staff. If you would like to give a donation to help us continue our good works and pay for our overhead, please send your donations to:

Beit Torah c/o, 2004 Shoshone Dr., Chino Valley, AZ 86323

At present, we have weekly zoom Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat service. Please contact for zoom access information. There is no Saturday morning service at the moment although Rabbi Adele has an open house policy for Torah Study all day of Shabbat - just let her know when you want to come.

Please contact Beit Torah 237-0390 for info or to arrange for special requests.

Our goal is to provide a safe place for people to go for spiritual enrichment and good company, in short a respite away from everyday concerns during the Sabbath and the Holy Days.

Also: Please be respectful of people with allergies and medical sensitivities by helping us make all activities free of fragranced products and other adverse odors such as tobacco smoke/residues, paint solvents, bug spray, etc.

Please note that we are meeting in private homes. Anyone willing to volunteer their home or with other ideas on where we can meet, please call 237-0390 or write ansheitorah@gmail.com -

Although we are led by Rabbi Adele, we welcome topic suggestions for these events as well as volunteers to help conduct the services and programs. We offer the opportunity for you to practice being a Jewish Lay Leader with hands-on experience!

Bar/Bat Mitzvah training as well as Hebrew lessons can be arranged on an individual basis. Topics to be covered will be based on requests. Conversational Hebrew, Basic Hebrew reading and prayers may be taught if requested. Call Beit Torah to arrange. For further information or directions to specific events, please call Beit Torah at (928)237-0390 or write ansheitorah@gmail.com

Shabbat Toldot Shalom! eve 11/13 thru 11/14. Friday zoom service for Kabbalat Shabbat 7 pm EST/ 5 pm MST, 4 pm PST. Please email or call for link. We encourage all to be prudent, cautious, and safe!

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Toldot is the only parasha in the Torah which puts Isaac and Rifka at the centre of the action [ignoring the akeida and the search for a wife for Yitzchak]. Yet it jumps right into the next generation. The portion begins with the birth of Isaac and Rebecca's twin sons Jacob and Esau. Like Sarah before her, Rebecca is deemed to be barren, but then miraculously gives birth later in life. It's a difficult pregnancy. She "inquires of the Eternal" and finds out that she's carrying twins. The first child emerges all red and hairy, and is named Esau. The second boy comes out holding onto his brother's heel. He is named Jacob, from the Hebrew root meaning "heel." When they grow up, Esau becomes a hunter, "a man of the field." Jacob is described as a "mild man," who preferred to remain back in the camp. Isaac favoured Esau. Rebecca prefers Jacob. This context of parental favouritism and sibling rivalry serves as the back drop for the complex relations and potrntially tragic events that follow. Jacob takes advantage of a weakened Esau and gets him to sell his birthright for a bowl of lentils. Later, famine forces the family to leave Canaan and travel to Gerar. Isaac and Rebecca repeat (third time - second with Abimelech) the wife/sister ploy of Abraham and Sarah. This time they do not get away with it. Then they must deal with some issues of water rights left over from Abraham. Now wealthy, they end up settling in Beer Sheva, where HaShem appears to Isaac and Abimelech, the King of Gerar. They establish a treaty. This section ends with the news that Esau, at the age of forty, married two Hittite women. They are described as being a "source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebecca." The story continues some time later when Isaac is old and blind. Fearing the end of his days is near, he called his oldest son Esau to receive his final blessing. First he asks Esau to hunt and prepare him some game. Rebecca overhears this request. While Esau is out is the field, she prepares the food and dresses Jacob like his brother. She sends him in to receive the special blessing in Esau's place. Esau comes in later at which time he and his father Isaac realize that Yaacov, under his mother's guidance, had already gotten the blessing. Isaac offers Esau a secondary blessing, but Esau is not satisfied. Having now been tricked out of both his birthright and his blessing, Esau declares his hatred for Jacob and his intention to kill him. Rebecca hears of the plot and arranges for Jacob to flee to Haran, to the home of her brother Laban.