In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

But there’s another aspect of Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice Isaac that deserves mention for moderns. I acknowledge the basic thought came from the late Cardinal Ján Korec, Archbishop of ...

In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff. His game of chicken paid off. He trusted enough in G^d to take the risk. And his trust became known.

In the Binding of Isaac, Abraham has the knife to Isaac’s throat when an angel intervenes, sending a ram to be slaughtered instead. But he is seemingly lauded for his willingness to go through ...

Isaac could not have been more different from his father, Abraham. Where Abraham was forceful, Isaac was passive. The Torah recounts many conversations between Abraham and Hashem. Abraham is an ...