In 1994, Muslim worshippers were massacred by a Jew in the Cave itself. Yet this Parsha teaches us that there is another possibility. The end of the parsha describes the moving scene of the sons ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. In this week Parsha, Parshat Chayei Sarah. Avraham commands Eliezer his servant to find a wife for Yitzchak and he tells him ...

In parashat Hayei Sarah, the Torah recounts how Abraham began to worry about finding a suitable match for his son Isaac. To ensure a proper match, he entrusted his loyal servant Eliezer with the ...

Tibetan Buddhists have the interesting tradition of searching for their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, only after the previous one has died. They believe that the spirit of their leader is ...

Everyone seems to be in a rush this week. Eliezer runs towards Rivka. Rivka hurries to serve Eliezer, and proceeds to run to and from to the camels. This is following in the footsteps of Avraham ...

(1:2) This week’s Torah portion, “Noah,” tells of a time when ... Meira Raanan is the author of The Art of Revelation: A Visual Encounter with the Jewish Bible, a commentary on the paintings ...

We see Hagar three times in the Torah, in Genesis 16, Genesis 22, and, according to the Midrash, in our Torah portion, Chayyei Sarah, but under the name Keturah. We met Hagar as the maidservant of ...

Highway 61 runs from the city of Wyoming in Minnesota, down in to New Orleans. It also runs through a desolate region where the rivers of dread and destiny merge. It is the road where, according ...

Answers to six immediate questions you might have about the art world after a crypto entrepreneur spent millions on a 35-cent fruit. By Zachary Small Ouattara Watts stayed under the radar for ...

On the face of it, the issue of drafting hardcore haredim is complex and controversial. In reality, it’s a one “main-shock” issue that began 130 years ago with the beginning of political ...

This powerful message emerges at the commencement of Parshat Noach. Hashem commanded Noach to construct an ark, instructing him, “tzohar ta’aseh latevah” —”make a window for the Ark ...

Terach, Abraham’s father, is often viewed in the Midrash as an evil man and nothing more than an idol worshipper (Bereishit Rabbah 38:13). A review of the literal text indicates otherwise.