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Chaye Sarah
The life of Sarah begins with her death. And from death, new life begins. Eliezer – Abraham’s servant – was sent to find a wife for a now ageing Yitz. Yitz is alone. He is alone like the silence around him. He is bereft of a father he can trust, and with her death, he […]
Toldot: Deception – or love?
November 4, 2018 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk Tags: toldot •
In the early twentieth century a man was brought to Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook. This father had given his son a good Jewish education, he tried to set a good example, and he kept the mitzvot. Now, however, his son had drifted away from Judaism; he no longer kept mitzvot, he did not even identify […]