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We all know the basics: humanity, united by a single language, attempts to build a tower reaching the heavens. God, seeing this as a threat, scatters them and confuses their langua...
We all know the story: humanity, united in language and ambition, dared to build a tower reaching to the heavens. God, displeased, scrambled their languages, scattering them across...
It happens to the best of us. And sometimes, the reason is more profound than just a lack of sleep or a complicated explanation. Our story begins with the Tower of Babel. Remember ...
Take Terah, for example, the father of Abraham. The Torah introduces him with a doubled name: "These are the descendants of Teraḥ. Teraḥ begot Abram, Naḥor, and Haran, and Haran be...
The Torah gives us glimpses, but it's in the rabbinic stories, the aggadah, that we really get a sense of the spiritual climate. One story, found in Bereshit Rabbah 38, sheds light...
The Torah gives us hints, but it's in the rabbinic tradition where things get really interesting, where they piece together the ages and relationships to illuminate the story. Gene...
The story of Abraham begins with just such a call. Genesis 12:1—a verse etched into the heart of Jewish tradition—tells us: "The Lord said to Abram: Go you, from your land, and fro...
Specifically, Bereshit Rabbah 39. Rabbi Azarya, quoting Rabbi Aḥa, starts with a verse from Psalms (45:8): "You love righteousness and abhor wickedness. Because of this, God, your ...
Sometimes, the most sacred journeys require us to confront the most difficult of family ties. Our story begins with Avram, later Abraham, and a seemingly simple command from God: "...
