Rav Moshe Feinstein zts"l is ‘surprised’, by the commentary of Rashi, on the pasuk in our parsha:(18:1)'And Avraham ‘was sitting at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day’ Rashi:’ Hashem ...

Jewish tradition relates that God put Avraham Avinu through ten tests. The ninth was the “binding of Yitzchak” (akeidat Yitzchak), and the tenth was the real estate negotiations between Avraham and ...

Sometimes, the connection between current events and the weekly parsha is glaring. This is one of those weeks. In this weeks parsha Avraham is inaugurated as a forefather. God Says that Avraham is ...

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IDF Staff Sergeant Gal Kobi (20), from Tirat Carmel, was killed on Sunday after being shot by an Arab sniper in Hebron. Toward the end of this week’s parshah Rashi quotes a Medrash that relates the ...

WEBSTER, N.Y. — I saw the familiar signs of a settler attack as I arrived at Rania Abu Jabari’s house around the corner from our own in the Old City of Hebron. Chunks of granite, cinder block and ...