Explore the essence of Lech-Lecha in this Torah commentary as Abraham embarks on a profound spiritual journey.

Nine generations separated Shem, the son of Noah, from Abraham. That is a long time and during the more than four centuries, civilization was growing. Following God’s scattering the people, ...

When we open our Bibles to Genesis 12:1–5, we encounter one of the most remarkable moments in all of Scripture. A ...

The Chatam Sofer (Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pressburg, one of the great Torah commentators) adds that when Abraham returned from ...

The urge to travel is in Abraham’s genes. According to Genesis 11, his father, Terah, uprooted the family from the southern Mesopotamian town of Ur and headed north to Haran. He intended to lead the ...

Q: Attending Catholic school as a child, I remember being bothered by the story of Abraham being tested by God. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, up to Him. Once God saw that Abraham ...

“Abraham our father was tested with ten tests and he passed them all, which shows how great was Abraham our father’s love [for G-d]” (Pirkei Avot 5:4). Thus the Mishnah laconically describes Abraham’s ...

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, are the offspring of Abraham, my friend;” ( Isaiah 41:8) So the biological offspring of Prophet Abraham (the Banu Israel) became the first ...