Jacob was renamed Israel when God appeared to him when he was leaving Padn-Aram and blessed him. Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Parashat Vayechi concludes the Book of Genesis, traditionally calledסֵפֶר מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִית, the Book of the Creation of the World. The purpose of Creation was the ...

Palestinian woman Latifa Abu Hamid said she was filled with “indescribable joy” when she heard that her three sons had been ...