Abraham was chosen as the father of people from all nations who would join his family through faith in the God of Abraham.

Human pain is the backdrop of the book of Genesis, pain that produces visions and sometimes unimaginable fulfillment. Of the many sad, heart-wrenching and ultimately beautiful stories in Genesis, one ...

Though Lincoln himself was not Jewish, his words of support drawn from the faith of history’s first Jew continue to serve as a chord of comfort in the American consciousness. The dream is simple: that ...

The Torah portion Chayei Sarah begins not with life, but with death. “Sarah’s lifetime—the span of Sarah’s life, came to one hundred and twenty-seven years… and Sarah died in Kiryat Arba” (Genesis ...

In 1916 in Switzerland Rav Kook wrote: “The kindness of Avraham extends to everyone in the world…The Holy One therefore brought forth the priesthood from Avraham – ‘You are a priest forever. (Tehillim ...

“The years of the life of Sarah – all of them were equally good.” ...

After watering Abraham’s servant’s camels and inviting him into her home, the servant reveals his mission to the father and brother, he seeks a bride for Isaac: “Then Laban and Bethuel answered, ‘The ...