Toldot: The Tension Between Short and Long Term Goals—Then and Now
Most of us have both short-term and long-term goals in life. Sometimes, however, there is tension between our short-term and long-term goals. Jacob decided to exploit his brother’s desperation in order to gain what he thought that an accident of birth had denied him, the firstborn’s inheritance rights. In other words, Jacob tried to entice Esau with short-term pleasure in exchange for long-term benefits.
