I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In my case, I took two semesters of Biblical Hebrew, the language of the Old ...

The equally troubling story is in Genesis 22 where G-d orders Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Mount Moriah. Abraham agrees but then is stopped at the last minute when G-d sends an angel ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac ... right of course, and Isaac was observant too. Lest we forget that he is in fact a child, and not merely a symbol, we are told in Genesis of the conversation ...