Human pain is the backdrop of the book of Genesis, pain that produces visions and sometimes unimaginable fulfillment. Of the many sad, heart-wrenching and ultimately beautiful stories in Genesis, one ...

I imagine Rebecca when she arrived in Canaan, at the end of Genesis 24. Abraham’s servant Eliezer had gone up to the homeland in Paddan Aram to arrange a bride for Abraham’s son, Isaac. He found ...

The Torah portion Chayei Sarah begins not with life, but with death. “Sarah’s lifetime—the span of Sarah’s life, came to one hundred and twenty-seven years… and Sarah died in Kiryat Arba” (Genesis ...

Families are invited to discuss a set of questions at the Shabbos table this week to deepen engagement with Parshat Chayei Sarah. The activity is intended for this Shabbos while reading the parsha and ...

The Torah portion of “Chayei Sarah” opens with the words: “And the life of Sarah was one hundred years and twenty years and seven years; the years of the life of Sarah.” (Genesis 23:1) If we look ...

While the ‘love’ that exists before marriage can be easy, enjoyable and free from responsibility, the true test for a couple is to forge and strengthen a deep spiritual bond of love after the wedding.

“וְאַבְרָהָ֣ם זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּיָּמִ֑ים וַֽה’ בֵּרַ֥ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם בַּכֹּֽל- Avraham was now old, advanced in years, and YHVH blessed Avraham with everything.” (Breishit 24:1 ...

In Lech Lecha we read about Avraham descending to Egypt, shortly after arriving in the land of Canaan, due to a famine. This episode has always bothered me. We know from later on in the parsha that ...