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Avraham had two sons: Yishmael and Yitzchak. From the contrast between them, we can derive lessons fundamental to parenting, and learn that the greatest nachas, satisfaction, parents derive from their children is seeing them continuing their legacy.

The sequence of the first three parshiyos of the Torah reflect three different epochs in the world’s spiritual history.

From early childhood on, we have been taught the story of Avraham breaking his father’s idols and his self-sacrifice in spreading the awareness of G‑d. Why is this story not told – or even directly hinted at – in the Written Torah?

The third section of the Book of Genesis begins the chronicle of Abraham, who was selected by G-d to found the Jewish people, through whom the process of moral degeneration that humanity had been locked into since their expulsion from the Garden of Eden w...

This week’s Torah reading relates how, after Abraham’s nephew Lot was captured by warring kings, Abraham waged war against those kings and rescued Lot. Afterwards, he tallied the spoils of war and gave one tenth as tithes to Malchitzedek the king of Salem...

One of the classic Talmudic stories relates that the Romans forbade the Jews from studying Torah. Despite their decree, Rabbi Akiva continued teaching, explaining that the Jews’ relationship with the Torah is like that of a fish in water. Although there a...

Once a renowned cardiologist visited the Rebbe. “You should devote your attention to treating healthy people, not only the sick,” the Rebbe told him. “Am I to improve on what the Almighty has done?” questioned the doctor. “Yes,” responded the Rebbe. “An o...

Read the Hebrew transcript of the discourse "Go forth from your homeland, from your birthplace, and from your father's house...." All footnotes to which an asterisk (*) was added represent parenthetic remarks included in the Rebbe's discourse. The others ...

Likkutei Sichos, Vol. V, p. 57ff. I. As mentioned on frequent occasions, it is doubtful that [any of] the names of the weekly Torah portions are cited in the Talmud.Megillah 29b does mention the name of readings VeAtah Tetzaveh and Ki Sissa, and Megillah ...

There appears to be a contradiction between the name of this Sidra and its content. For “Lech Lecha,” as the Sicha will explain, means “Go to yourself”—Abraham’s movement towards the fulfillment of his task. But the Sidra describes a series of events whic...