Weekly Torah Commentary

Jacob and Rebecca teach us that we can alter our fates and achieve greatness.

Abraham's relationship to the Land of Israel teaches us to use it as a means of building a just and compassionate society.

Isaac and Rebecca's approaches to their sons teach us valuable lessons about education and relating to people with different natural inclinations.

Like Rebecca, we should turn toward God, not away, in our moments of spiritual crisis.

In his covenant with Avimelech, Abraham provides us with an example of how to build peace, justice, and kindness where they seem to be absent.

Abraham's servant teaches us the power of spontaneous prayer, a concept that challenges our contemporary focus on consistency and conformity.

Rebecca provides a model of a powerful biblical woman who asserted her independence and her control over the future of the covenant.

Sarah's death illustrates the flaw of attempting to impose perfect justice on an imperfect world.

The Midrash explains what it means that Abraham was blessed with everything and what a blessed life could mean for us.

Like Abraham, who introduced a new model for relating to God and humankind, we continue to integrate social justice into religious practice.