Are Some People Born Bad?

12 November 2026

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The Torah tells us the twins were already struggling in the womb - Yaakov pulled toward Torah, Esav toward idolatry. But the Talmud teaches that every child learns the entire Torah before birth. So what happened to Esav? Was he born bad? And if our tendencies are inborn, do we really have free choice?

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