Avraham’s revolution had begun to gain traction. He traversed the promised land, participating both in wars as well as in diplomacy, all the while disseminating
I recently received a phone call from an out-of-town friend of mine. His young adult daughter had been dating a yeshiva-oriented young man and it
Parshat Chayei Sarah describes the first portion of land any Jew ever owned in Israel: Avraham’s purchase of the Machpeilah cave in Chevron as a
Ephron pulls the chair on Avraham, positing an exorbitant amount of cash for the plot of land Avraham wants to bury Sarah in. Avraham had
Editor’s note: This dvar torah corresponds to Breishis 47:4, and overlaps and complements לא בחיל ולא בכח from 16 Cheshvan, 5781 (2 November, 2020). We are grateful
Quite frankly, I didn’t think that this was an article for me to write. There were so many community clergy and lay leaders involved in
Author’s note: I have included a tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt”l, in this article. May his memory be for a blessing. Over the
Parshas Vayeira Rabbi Yoel Gold told the following story: Yaakov was accepted into a prestigious law school that had no other religious Jews. Despite this,
Humanity had turned the corner: After 2,000 years of barbarism and heresy, Avraham discovered God and launched a revolution of religious consciousness. One metropolis, however,
It seems that every few years, some renegade rabbi or academic argues that the message of the Akeidah, the binding and near-sacrifice of Yitzchak (Gen.
It already happened once, but yet again we read in this week’s parsha that Sarah is abducted by another king. In another ultimatum between giving
Avraham Avinu received two promises from God: of land, and of children who are to become a great nation. After promises and prayers, Avraham and
