This week’s haftara is the book of Ovadia, the shortest book in the Tanach. Ovadia was a Roman convert, a descendent of Esav, and his is the only book that addresses the final defeat of Edom.

Many events in the Book of Deuteronomy intersect with the Genesis narrative. For example, Genesis narrates the stories of Jacob and Esau while Deuteronomy involves their descendants – the nations of ...

Scratched through the hot sand, the road was much wanted by the ranchers and farmers of Edom. Named for the biblical desert by the Southern Pacific Railroad, Edom was a depot stop along its Yuma line ...