Vayeira 5769 - November 14, 2008
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How To Be A Father
What we can learn from the first father-son dialogue in the Bible
By Tzvi Freeman
It’s the first dialogue there is between a father and his son in the Torah. It starts like this:
Isaac to Abraham: "My father?"
Abraham to Isaac: "Here I am, my son" |
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Presidential Coattails
By Naftali Silberberg
By the millions, Obama motivated us to register to vote. Excited by the prospect of change that Obama is promising, many of the new voters, and many of the veterans too, voted straight Democratic... |
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Doesn’t Everyone Deserve the Chance to Have a Child?
A true story of a woman who made the will of G‑d, her own
By Mirish Kiszner
"We were dealt a blow today," my wife said softly. "But I don't want to be angry at G‑d. As we enter the next chapter of our lives and we will not let bitterness or melancholy darken it." |
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It's Not About the Money—Really!
My thoughts on baseball's free agency
By Baruch Epstein
We can debate all day who the best second baseman is; what is objectively verifiable is who the highest paid player is. The math is very simple: I make more than you, hence I am more valuable than you! |
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Living in Sderot
By Elad Nehorai
You don't think. You run. You have twenty seconds. |
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The African Violet
An Investment in Eternity
By Jill Pincus
After school, I would journey alone from a world defined by the future to a world that had no future. What would I say to Grandma? How could I tell her that I was making plans for later, for what I would be doing once she was no longer here? |
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Woman as Conqueror?
From an analysis of the commandment "be fruitful and multiply" spoken to Adam and a second time to Noah
By Shimona Tzukernik
Fat and pregnant with maybe fifteen smaller versions of herself. It crosses my mind that these matriyoshki are a visual model for a secret of the universe... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Vayeira - Genesis 18-22
G‑d visits the sick, disguised angels eat bread and meat, Sodom is overturned, Lot gets drunk, Sarah laughs and gives birth, a truce is sworn over seven sheep and a well, and a father and son meet the ultimate test of faith on a Jerusalem mountaintop. |
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What Kind of G‑d Would Ask You to Sacrifice Your Son?
a conversation
By Yanki Tauber
Skeptic: Now if that's not the epitome of everything wrong with religion... Believer: Aren't you leaving out a very important part of the story? |
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Sometimes the Greatest Gift is One You Don't Give
By Naftali Silberberg
Receiving often has strings attached. Often, recompense in terms of gratitude and a feeling of indebtedness are expected. So is it wise to be on the receiving end? |
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Humility is Teachability
By Rabbi Ben A.
Why did Abraham bother to coerce stubborn guests into reciting a prayer? What was the value of forcing his guests to pay lip service to a belief in G‑d; it was, after all, insincere? |
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The Boy or the Bottle?
By Yossy Goldman
Just because the bottle may be empty don’t throw away the child |
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Flow Chart of Goodness
By Tali Loewenthal
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