Parashat Toldot begins with a family marked from the very beginning by a difference that seems impossible to reconcile. Rivkah carries twins in her womb who struggle with one another even before they are born. When they finally enter the world, Yaakov and Esav grow up following very different paths. The Torah captures this in a brief but deeply meaningful verse: “The boys grew up, and Esav became a man who knew how to hunt, a man of the field; while Yaakov was a quiet man, dw