he has chosen for his subject Abraham's supreme trial of faith and the rescue of Isaac from being offered by his father as a sacrifice. The text selected is Genesis, xxil., 7: "Behold the fire and ...

Some of the lessons that we learned from the Akeidah of Isaac is Abraham’s loyalty to the ... in the ongoing relationship between Him and the children of Israel. Every day we remember them ...

The story in Genesis of Abraham’s willingness to kill his son Isaac ... to sacrifice but the command to stop. God was telling Abraham that he didn’t want Jews to sacrifice children.

For Israelis, sacrificing one’s children for the sake of our legacy ... is that G-d did not want Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Indeed, whether Abraham proceeds as he understands G-d’s directive ...

Despite that, Abraham’s story is told with such haunting simplicity that even young children can engage ... why did God want Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?” “Can we discuss this later?” ...