Sarah laughed. My mother laughed. And I laugh, too Nov 6, 2020, 6:55 PM Edit. ... This is where the roots of Abraham/Ibrahim divide, where brother is pitted against brother, ...

My explanation suggests that God was angry with Abraham when Sarah laughed, providing a new gloss on Rashi’s explanation of Gen. 17:17.

There are so many topics offered in this week’s Torah portion, “Veyera”, and all in a painful way touch on our current reality. We could, for example, learn again the Akeida, the “Binding ...

Sarah perhaps had less faith than Abraham because, hearing this at the entrance of her tent, she “laughed,” which elicits the visitor’s response that nothing is impossible for God.

Abraham laughs, and challenges God, asking how it could be possible for Sarah to give birth at the age of 90. And yet, according to the commentaries, God finds Abraham’s laughter joyful, while ...

May we introduce a lady named Sarah; maybe called Mrs. Abraham. Her 99-year-old husband (she is 90) ... Sarah, nearby, overheard this and laughed to herself.

When Sarah “was to have a son,” as equally important as securing God’s covenant with Abraham, “was to experience sexual pleasure” all of the days of her life. And so she laughed. And so ...

When the man from Crete told this to Pharaoh; he laughed. ... Almost 2,000 years later, people were still talking about the souls that Abraham and Sarah made in Ur, Haran, ...