ההצלחה של האבות, גם אברהם, גם יצחק וגם יעקב, תמיד עוררה קנאה בקרב התושבים במקומות שבהם התגוררו. אברהם הוכר כ"נשיא אלוהים בתוכנו" ועם זאת אנשים ראו בעין רעה את החלקה שקנה לקבור בה את שרה. יצחק מסולק מממלכת אבימלך בתואנה "כי... READ MORE →
How many times has it occurred that a piece of paper or another type of item that you may have believed to be unimportant at the time and thus carelessly misplaced or thrown out, turns out to be the one important item necessary for your records or accomplishments? What is unimportant and of little consequence at one moment in life may assume great value at a later stage of life. This is pretty... READ MORE →
כמה פעמים קרה חשבתם שנייר או מסמך איננו חשוב באותו הרגע, ולכן שמתם אותו בצד בלי לשים לב היכן או איבדתם אותו, ורק אחר-כך גיליתם שהוא חשוב ובדיוק הדבר שנחוץ לכם ביותר לעניין כזה או אחר? דבר שנראה פעוט ערך וחסר חשיבות ברגע... READ MORE →
After the death of Sarah, Avraham remarries to a woman named Keturah. Rashi, following Midrash, states that she was Hagar, the woman whom he had married earlier at the behest of Sarah herself and who became the mother of Yishmael. The Torah records for us that Avraham fathered further children with Ketura and that these children left the house of Avraham to found families and clans of their own... READ MORE →
Our father Avraham pleads for the forgiveness and survival of Sodom. He strikes the best READ MORE →
Our father Avraham and our mother Sarah are the paradigm Jews. Their lives and the events that occurred to them are symbolic of the story of the Jewish people throughout the ages. This is certainly the meaning of the well known phrase of the rabbis that READ MORE →
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The rabbis of the Talmud have taught us that all new beginnings are fraught with difficulties. This week READ MORE →
There are songs and there are songs. The song of Moshe and the people of Israel at Yam Suf is a song of victory and exultation. It is read in the synagogue with a special haunting melody that accompanies it. It is recited every morning in our daily prayer service and it is referred to every evening in the Maariv service. It is a song of hope and triumph. The song of Haazinu, which is read in this... READ MORE →
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