Abraham’s journey in parsha Vayera presents a profound tension: the clash between the desire to do what is right, and the ...
Genesis 17:11-14 Abraham kept this covenant and his wife, Sarah, gave birth to their son, Isaac. God chose Isaac to inherit the covenant directly from his father, and Isaac handed it on to his own ...
T his week the Torah introduces us to “Abraham our Father.” If Abraham is “our” father, the father of the entire Jewish people, he is my father. Having studied Abraham’s life for decades now, I have ...
Thankfully, Isaac is not sacrificed after God tests Abraham. Nevertheless, this is still one of the most essential stories in ...
The Bible relates, “And Isaac said to them ... a process we see happening today in the Middle East with the Abraham Accords.