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 ...

Abraham and Sarah traveled and eventually arrived in Gerar, a Philistine city. Upon the king’s attraction to Sarah more lies came: Abraham: “she is my sister.” Sarah: “he’s my brother ...

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 ...

God and two angels visited Abraham and Sarah. God said by the time he visited them the following year, they would have as son.