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Days turn into weeks. Hope dwindles. You cry out... and someone actually answers. That's essentially the scene we find ourselves in with Abraham in this incredible passage from Gin...
Now imagine you’re Abraham, and Nimrod wants you dead for refusing to worship idols. The story goes that Abraham’s own mother, desperate to save her son, pleaded with him to just g...
To leave their home and their lives behind. Why? Because Abraham had discovered something profound, something Terah, mired in the world of idols and royal favor, couldn't quite gra...
It wasn't exactly a straight and narrow path, at least according to some fascinating stories tucked away in Jewish tradition. Let's go way back. Young Abraham is living with his fa...
It wasn't exactly a smooth transition. to a story from Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, a collection that pieces together fascinating narratives from the Talmud, Midrash, and...
The scene, as described in Legends of the Jews, is charged with tension. Abraham's father, a maker and seller of idols, is steeped in tradition. But Abraham, well, Abraham is havin...
Our story today begins with Abraham, recovering from his self-circumcision, a profound act of devotion to God. (Genesis 17:24-27). But even in his convalescence, Abraham’s generous...
He belonged to that rare breed of truly pious individuals: those "who promise little, but perform much." (Avot 5:13) Remember the story of the three strangers who appear outside Ab...
In Sodom, a stranger once found himself embroiled in a dispute. We don't know exactly what it was about, but it was serious enough to bring before the court. They wrangled and argu...
