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Douglas F. Williamson

Nov 13, 2026, 6:59 PM

Toldot: Isaac’s lessons about inheriting a business and passing it on

Before our founder stepped back, we mapped every relationship they held. Only some survived the departure. Torah interpretations through the Bridge6 leadership model Parashat Toldot · Genesis 25:23, 26:1-33 and 27:1 to 28:4 This Shabbat we read Parashat Toldot, another portion thick...

Nov 13, 2026, 5:53 PM

The Courage to Stop Winning

There are people who'll spend twenty years fighting over something they stopped wanting nineteen years ago. The object itself becomes irrelevant; what matters is the principle, the insult, the unbearable possibility that someone else might get away with something....

Nov 12, 2026, 3:25 PM

‘Prayer and Partnership’ Parashat Toledot 5787

There is something curious about the way the Torah describes the struggle of the patriarchs and matriarchs to have children. Abraham and Sarah are unable to conceive, so Sarah proposes that Abraham take her maidservant, Hagar. Jacob encounters a...

Nov 12, 2026, 1:30 PM

Chosenness and its Discontents (Toldot, Covenant & Conversation)

It is one of the most emotionally affecting scenes in the Torah. Jacob, dressed in Esau’s clothes, has taken Esau’s blessing. He leaves and, shortly thereafter, Esau enters. What is remarkable is not what happens next but how the...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Nov 11, 2026, 9:37 PM

Yitzchak, our agricultural pioneer

In Parshat Toldot (Breisheet 26:3), God commands Yitzchak: “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land that I will make known to you. Bide in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for I...

Nov 6, 2026, 6:04 PM

Isaac and Prayer (Chayei Sarah, Covenant & Conversation)

One scene in this week’s sedra has left a mark on Jewish law. Abraham has sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac. He finds Rebecca, and brings her back with him. The first glimpse she has of...

Nov 6, 2026, 12:14 PM

The Gift of Becoming Unnecessary

A rather cruel blessing of parenthood is if you've done your job properly, at some point your children will stop “needing” you. This same indignity awaits good teachers, mentors, and therapists, although some have developed remarkably sophisticated methods of...

Douglas F. Williamson

Nov 5, 2026, 10:45 PM

What Abraham’s servant taught me about choosing for character and fit

I once gave a junior employee a lot of responsibility in choosing a consultant. Torah interpretations through the Bridge6 leadership model Parashat Chayei Sarah · Genesis 24:1-27 and 24:57-58 This Shabbat we’re on to Chayei Sarah in which Sarah dies and Abraham...

Nov 5, 2026, 7:15 PM

The daughter-in-law

Avraham was old. Sarah had died. He too would not live forever, but his mission must. Avraham had a son, Yitzhak, who would follow his path and continue his legacy. However, he was single. Avraham acted, summoning his trusted...

Nov 5, 2026, 2:28 PM

‘Speed’: Parashat Chaye Sarah 5787

When Abraham sends Eliezer to find a wife for Isaac, he gives him very specific instructions : “You shall go to my birthplace and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” Abraham does not tell...

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