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Jewish Martyrdom

Alqaeda vs. the Akeida

By Mendel Rivkin


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Mendel Rivkin
Rabbi Mendel Rivkin is program director at Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana.

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Posted: May 21, 2009
Yishmael's name
Doesn't Yishma-el translate as 'he who will hear Gd'?

It seems to me that a father such as Abraham- who based his whole life on listening to Gd- would want to give this name to his first-born son as a way of life-a blessing.
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