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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It has become a moving and unifying tradition in Israel to read the Torah portion of Chayei Sara, which includes the story of Abraham purchasing the Cave of the Patriarchs from Efron the Hittite ...
This parsha is not only about the legacy of Sarah, but also about the important transition to the next generation. Abraham was focused on ensuring his values and vision would be passed down ...
There is an earlier Biblical reference to the sacredness of challah, in fact from this week’s Torah portion. In Genesis 25:67 we read: ‘Isaac brought Rebecca to the tent of Sarah his mother’. The ...