Weekly Torah Commentary

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.

Isaac's decision to bless both of his sons gives us hope for achieving a peaceful solution to the conflict between Jews and Palestinians.

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

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.

Abraham's responses to the destruction of Sodom and Gemorrah and to the command to sacrifice Isaac provide two conflicting models.

We can attain godliness by acting with kindness towards others.

The miracle of the ram caught in the bushes was that, in the final moment, Abraham was able to perceive it as an alternative to sacrificing his son.

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.