Seforno notes, that Jewish custom at the circumcision of a child is to leave a chair unoccupied to represent a designated ...

This week’s Parshah, Parshat Vayeira, contains the rather astonishing saga of the city of Sodom, and the efforts that our patriarch Avraham put forth to try and save the city of evildoers from total ...

The Akeidah opens with the words “And it came to pass, after these events, that God tested Abraham” (Genesis 22:1). The biblical Hebrew word for test is nisah. But for whom was the test intended? For ...

A deep understanding of events helps us appreciate how Avraham’s transgression provided the opportunity for him to ascend incredible heights through an unbelievable act of tshuva m’ahava. The most ...

While it’s true that Avraham’s actions on that day were on a remarkably elevated level, there is another story in this week’s parsha that seems to surpass it. Lot risks his life by welcoming guests ...

Insights from Toras Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe's father, presented by Shliach Rabbi Dovid Dubov of New Jersey, ...

That is the question of civilization itself — the courage to care even for the underserving. Abraham’s moral clarity stands ...

Step inside Moshe Rubashkin’s open-door kitchen for a humorous taste of Avraham-style hospitality in Parshas Vayeira.

After Ishmael is born to Abraham and Hagar, Abraham is told by God that he will have another child – this time with Sarah (Genesis 17:16). Abraham responds, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You” ...