by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 28, 2021 | Chayei Sara, Kindness and Compassion
This is the first story in the Torah to take place at a well, but not the last. Here, Eliezer travels to a foreign land, stops at a well where he encounters a future bride, a series of hurried movements, and running around to bring news of the stranger’s arrival,...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 27, 2021 | Chayei Sara, God, Good and Evil
After 175 years, Abraham passes away and the Torah uses a very specific formula to describe what happens to him: he was gathered to his kin. Isaac (Genesis 35:29) and Jacob (Genesis 49:33) are similarly described, as are Moses (Deuteronomy 33:50) and Aaron (Numbers...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 26, 2021 | Chayei Sara
A 2014 article in the New York Times, “Camels had no Business in Genesis” argues that although camels appear frequently in Genesis, they weren’t even domesticated until several hundred years after the Patriarchs lived, implying that the Bible can’t be true. The...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 24, 2021 | Temple
The Land of Israel continues to give forth its precious treasures! Just last week the City of David tweeted a “New Discovery Alert” of an incredible recent find in Jerusalem. A stunning stone was found at the Pilgrim’s Road containing the first depiction of the...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 22, 2021 | Faith, Redemption, Resurrection, Vayeira
Do you believe in the Resurrection of the Dead? Judaism does! Some even believe that Isaac was the first to be resurrected after Abraham killed him on Mount Moriah (Where is Mount Moriah?). The final test that Abraham must endure is the most challenging and famous of...
