Appreciating Nature
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In פרק כ“ד:ס“ג , chapter 24 verse 63 it states: “ ויצא יצחק לשוח בשדה “ . The Talmud ברכות כו:י translates it to mean that יצחק , our patriarch Isaac went to pray ( שיח , to speak). רבינו בחיי , Rabbeinu Bachya (1255-1340) writes that the literal […]
Parshas Chayei Sara
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויהיו חיי שרה וכו’ (פרק כג פסוק א) The Parsha begins with the death of Sarah and Avraham’s subsequent search for a proper gravesite forhis late wife. Rabbeinu Yonah deems this to be the tenth and final test in which Hashem testedAvraham. He explains that although Avraham was promised […]