Posts Tagged: sermon Chayei Sarah
Parshat Chayei Sarah: On Judaism and Islam
The language of the Torah is, in Erich Auerbach’s famous phrase, “fraught with background.” Behind the events that are openly told are shadowy stories left...
First Build the Future — Then Remember the Past
On August 11, 2017, the world’s oldest man passed away, just a month short of his 114th birthday -- making him one of the ten oldest men...
Our Children’s Legacy Is Ours, Too
Our parsha this week contains the most serene description of old age and dying of anywhere in the Torah: “Then Abraham breathed his last and...
