AJEX Shabbat 2020
Memory has sustained us as Jews over thousands of years through a most challenging history. Our faith and our people are founded on the collective memory of 'Matan Torah' - the revelation at Sinai - and our shared experience over…
Confusing Our Minds!
Our Parsha begins on a sad note. Sarah the wife of Avraham and the Mother of the Jewish people passes away. Rashi explains the reason for the juxtaposition of the death of Sarah to the Akeidat Yitzchak (sacrificing of Yitzchak)…
Parasha Insights
This week’s parasha discusses the purchase of a burial plot by Avraham Avinu for his wife Sarah. He buys the plot from the newly elected head of the Hittites, a scoundrel of a fellow by the name of Ephron. The…
Hagar is Keturah
Commenting on the verse, “Avraham took another wife whose name was Keturah.”[1] Rashi comments that this was in fact Hagar who Avraham had previously separated himself from. As to the sudden change in name Rashi comments that she is called Keturah…
