Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Covenant of Abraham and Abimelech

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The Torah is full of moments like that, and the story of Abraham and Abimelech is a perfect example. Before Abraham finalized his covenant with Abimelech, king of the Philistines, ...

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Abraham and the Origins of the World

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For many years, Abraham dwelled in Beer-sheba, and his primary occupation wasn't just tending flocks, but spreading the word, the dvar Hashem, of God. He wasn't content to keep his...

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Birth of Abraham and Satan

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Even Abraham, the patriarch famed for his boundless hospitality, had moments like that. Imagine the scene: a lavish birthday feast for young Isaac. All the bigwigs are there, wives...

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Abraham in Battle and Isaac

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:233

We often focus on Abraham's unwavering faith, but what about Isaac? What was going through his mind as he walked alongside his father toward that fateful mountain? The biblical tex...

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Abraham's Offering and Isaac

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:236

We all know the story of Abraham and Isaac, the binding, the near sacrifice. But the details, as the legends tell it, are astonishing. Imagine the scene: Abraham, hand raised, knif...

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Isaac's Transgression and Abraham

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:238

The story doesn’t just end there. There’s more to the tale, details that paint a richer, more complete picture of this pivotal moment in Jewish history. According to Legends of the...

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Trial of Abraham and Isaac

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Jewish tradition explores that very edge of human emotion in the story of Sarah, Abraham’s wife, after the near-sacrifice of Isaac. It’s a tale found in Ginzberg's Legends of the J...

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Abraham Among the Fathers and Ephron

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We find this story in Genesis 23, but the details really come alive in the rabbinic imagination, especially in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews. So, Sarah has passed, and Abraham nee...

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Kingdom of Sarah and Abraham

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It wasn’t a small, quiet affair. Oh no. This was a grand event, a spectacle of mourning and respect. According to Legends of the Jews, everyone who was anyone showed up. Shem and h...

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