In my last post I wrote that, even after Isaac was born, Abraham still loved his firstborn son as strongly and as tenderly as he had loved him all those years, when Ishmael had been his only child. I promised you that I would prove it from the Scriptures. Let’s find this proof, then. We […]
Minor Change / Major Impact We already know that in Genesis 17 God appears to Abram after thirteen years of silence. We find several crucial changes here. The incredible promise—that Abram would have another son besides Ishmael—comes in verse 16. Before that, God announces to Abram that He will make a covenant with him and […]
The Happy Father Abraham was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abraham.[1] Can you imagine the feelings of an 86-year old man who has been childless his whole life, who has been dreaming of a son not only for many years, but for many decades, and finally, a son is born to him?! […]
My dear readers, even though I love writing about Abraham – and I hope you enjoy reading it – I’ve still decided to pause here, in order to share with you the commentaries on one of the most important and interesting Torah Portions— Parashat Shavua Chukat – which we are reading this Shabbat. The Red […]
An Amazing Promise “After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”[1] We are in Chapter 15 of the book of Genesis. The entire conversation in Genesis 15 is absolutely amazing. That night, for the first time ever, Abram expressed […]
We continue drawing Abraham’s biblical portrait—following his journey through the book of Genesis. Chapters 13 and 14 are so clearly marked by the name of Lot that we have to pause here in order to understand Abraham’s relationship with his young nephew. It would certainly provide an additional stroke to our portrait. The Uncle and […]
A Famine in the Land Did Abraham receive any reward for obeying God so unreservedly? If we look at the circumstances of his life after he arrived in the Land in full obedience to God’s commandment, we find only ‘unseen’ rewards—those seen by faith alone. When the LORD appeared unto Abraham, and said: […]
My readers would already know that I love series. And what could be better time for a new series than these summer months, when the Spring Biblical Festivals are over, and the High Holidays are not yet upon us? Therefore, today we will begin to draw a new biblical portrait of a very old biblical […]
The Day when the Heaven was open We know already that Shavuot is one of the three major annual feasts in the Biblical calendar. In our last post, we spoke about the Biblical significance of Shavuot and the meaning of this Festival in Jewish tradition. Do you know, however, that Shavuot and Pentecost are two […]
TL;DR Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks) is a biblical pilgrimage festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah, and its date is determined by counting fifty days from Passover rather than being fixed on the calendar. 15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the […]
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