Parasha Vayera and following it Parasha Chayei Sarah when the shiva for Rabbi Jonathan Sacks will end, both are telling about the Abraham family, the first and most important among Jewish families.

Parashat Chayei Sarah includes two central stories ... of “I will go” shows how suitable she was to be part of Abraham’s family. She was prepared to embark on a long journey for an important ...

When Abraham and Sarah left Haran to go to the Land of Canaan ... they took with them some members of their family, and the “souls that they made in Haran”. (Genesis 12:5) How can any human ...

By contrast, almost all Israeli youth have parents and extended family who have served ... but didn’t, is that Abraham may have known that Sarah would not take this well.

One could say that it looks like Abraham is orchestrating the initially intended family (keeping in mind that the intention was that Ishmael would be Sarah’s son through Hagar’s surrogacy ...

They have grown crops here not only to feed themselves and their family, but also to share ... the pilgrims have given them the biblical names "Abraham" and "Sarah". The film explores the work ...