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

Jewish history is launched through an epic pilgrimage to the promised land. Having been selected by God, Avraham abandons his homeland, family and culture to

It’s war time! Avraham Avinu heads out to war to try to recapture and regain his nephew, Lot, who was taken captive under the jurisdiction

In Parshat Lech Lecha there is an exchange between Avram and Sarai that seems inconsistent with what we know of them. Sarai suggests that Avram