Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The biblical narrative is generally characterized by its extreme brevity: it focuses on the information that is necessary. There are some rare instances...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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What is the significance of God's direct revelation to Avraham? And what is the significance of the revelation of angels? What was the change Avraham...
Rabbi Zeev Weitman
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What is the purpose of God's revelation to Avraham in the beginning of Parashat Vaera? What is the relationship between this revelation and the Covenant...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Why was Yishmael banished? Did he sin? Was he unworthy? The comparison of Akeidat Yitzchak to the expulsion of Yishmael reveals the way Avraham and...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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This lesson discusses the moral aspects of sending away Hagar and Yishmael, the significance of sending away Yishmael to his relationship with Yitzchak,...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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The angels that arrive at Sodom seem to fill a dual purpose: they save Lot and destroy the city. However, they are given a preliminary task of examining...
Rabbi Dr. Tamir Granot
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God's revelation to Moshe after the sin of the Golden Calf parallels God's revelation to Avraham in the beginning of Parashat Vayera. The comparison...
Rabbi Yaakov Medan
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What is the relationship between Emunah and Chessed in Avraham's spiritual world? This lesson discusses the Covenant of Circumcision, Avraham's...
Sharón Rimón
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What exactly does God reveal to Avraham before the destruction of Sodom? Why does God feel the need to reveal His plans to Avraham? Does God tell him He...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The story at the start of Parashat Vayera seems to be a continuation of the story in Lekh Lekha. Is the story indeed a continuation of the previous...
