Only after Ishmael was born did she see that Avraham was ready to bring forth a pure soul. According to Midrash Raba(מה,ד) , Hagar's immediate ability to give birth was likened to the ease and ...

In the previous parasha, we read about the birth of Ishmael to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah’s maidservant, who had married Abraham following Sarah’s proposal to do so when Sarah had despaired of ...

Why is it that upon hearing the news of Isaac’s forthcoming birth, Abraham prays that Ishmael will live? Is there some reason to believe that Isaac’s birth might be related to Ishmael’s death?

God appears to Abraham with two distinct messages: one, Sarah is to be considered the covenantal wife. Second, Sarah will give birth ... destiny of Hagar and Sarah, of Isaac and Ishmael are ...

I can just see the three victims (Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac) commiserating together, wondering how Abraham was able to sacrifice all three of them. Does Ishmael still see himself as thrown behind ...

The tests (1) to leave one’s birthplace, (6) circumcision at age 99, and (8) the expulsion of Hagar address ... the expulsion of Ishmael. These all represented events that Abraham could easily ...

tells her what Abraham is planning. This is too much for her to handle. Maybe this is a divine judgment (din) that parallels her own judgment with Hagar and Ishmael. Taking the two stories ...

Jews read about Prophet Ishmael ... she will give birth to a son, she says: “After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my husband being old also?” But when God speaks to Abraham, God ...