For most of us, Sefer Bereishit (Genesis) is a trove of “Bible stories” which we absorb unquestioningly as young children – and which we remember as such with barely a second thought. We are by and ...

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Even the Sages were puzzled why the Torah describes with such detail the story of Abraham’s servant and the search for a wife for Isaac. Why are so many verses devoted to the servant’s encounter with ...

I imagine Rebecca when she arrived in Canaan, at the end of Genesis 24. Abraham’s servant Eliezer had gone up to the homeland in Paddan Aram to arrange a bride for Abraham’s son, Isaac. He found ...

Rabbi George Stern This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9 I have always resonated strongly with this week’s parashah (Torah portion), Shoftim. As... By Rabbah Arlene Berger ...

Like Abraham, who rushes out in this week’s Torah portion to serve three strangers and is rewarded with news of Isaac’s birth, the Shunamite woman teaches us that generosity invites blessing. True ...

The great secret of the Jewish people has always been the ability to join tear to tear, soul to soul, until together they form a whole garment once again. Soldiers dance with Torah scrolls during the ...