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We meet her after the death of Sarah, when Abraham – yes, that Abraham – takes her as his wife. But who was she, really? Some traditions identify her with Hagar, the mother of Ishm...
We're talking about Abraham, and the agonizing moment when he was commanded to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Now, we all know the basic story. But the beauty of Jewish tradition lies i...
We read about the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac, every year, but the details… they can be truly chilling. One of the most striking accounts comes from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fas...
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations, gives us a glimpse. Rabbi Judah paints a stark picture: "When the blade touched his neck, the soul ...
Names aren’t just labels; they're stories waiting to be unlocked, miniature biographies whispered from the past. Take Isaac, for example. His name, in Hebrew, is Yitzchak (יִצְחָק)...
That's the weight hanging over Abraham as our story begins. The Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of stories and interpretations from around the 8th century, tells u...
Our story today circles around the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac, a pivotal moment in Jewish tradition. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text filled with aggadi...
Maybe the story of Jacob's journey to Haran can shed some light. According to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating text filled with aggadic expansions of biblical narratives, Jaco...
Jacob certainly did. We find him waking up, not with a stretch and a yawn, but in sheer terror. Why? Because of a dream, of course. A dream of a ladder stretching to the heavens, a...
