Posts Tagged: Vayera sermon
Shabbat Vayera: Not Lot
Lot does not seem to be a very nice person. His uncle (and brother-in-law) Abraham takes him under his wing, after Lot’s father dies, and...
Parshat Vayera: The Need to Live With Uncertainty
I have written about the binding of Isaac many times in these studies, each time proposing an interpretation somewhat different from the ones given by...
The Miracle of Children
There is a mystery at the heart of Jewish existence, engraved into the first syllables of our recorded time. The first words of God to Abraham...
The Hardest Part of Love is Letting Go
There is a mystery at the heart of the biblical story of Abraham, and it has immense implications for our understanding of Judaism. Who was Abraham...
