by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Ira Ebbin serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Ohav Sholom in Merrick, NY. When Avraham purchases the Meorat Hamachpeilah for a permanent resting place for his wife Sarah, he was buying more than just burial plots for his immediate family. With this purchase,...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Mischel is the Rabbi of the Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center in Livingston, NJ. “Take now your son… and go to the land of Moriah; bring him up there as an offering upon one of the mountains which I shall tell you.” (Bereishit 22:2) The great Rav Chaim of...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Many commentators have questioned the lack of an introduction to Hashem’s command of “Lech Lecha” to Avraham. The Torah doesn’t indicate why Avraham is chosen. A prospective that sheds light is to contrast Avraham’s own sense of mission and that given to him by...
by admin | Jan 9, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Mark Dratch is the Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America, New York, NY “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations” (Gen 6:9). As is well known, this description of Noah is subject to contradictory interpretations. Rashi...
