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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: "...
We're talking about the famous verse in Genesis 12:1, the very beginning of Abraham's journey: "Go you [lekh lekha] from your country, your people and your father’s household to th...
Jewish tradition certainly has something to say about that, especially when it comes to the story of Abraham and his monumental tests of faith. to Bereshit Rabbah, a classic collec...
The Torah portion Lekh Lekha begins with God's instructions to Abraham, "Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show y...
