People seek spiritual growth and awareness, which is laudable, but Chassidus teaches us that taking care of our body is equally, if not more, important, for a surprising reason.
Avraham takes his son Yitzhak to sacrifice him as instructed by G-d. Sarah dies of shock hearing of this undertaking. The two demonstrate different world views, one of obedience and the other of actualizing the future. • This week’s Parsha, Chayei Sarah, opens up with her passing. She does not die only of old age.…
Abraham is asked in this week’s Sedra, ‘ Chayei Sara’, to separate his two sons: his son Yitzhak who is to become the father of the Jewish nation, from his his older brother Yishmael who is to become the father of the Arab peoples. While Abraham protests his wife’s Sarah’s suggestion, he abides by it…
Abraham was a prophet and a legendary leader in the middle-east of old. He was also a ‘guru’ with a huge spiritual following. But he was also a practical businessman who insisted on a legal and dutifully witnessed full value purchase of land in Israel – the land that G-d bequeaths to the Jewish people.…
Freebie’ – A Recipe for Dispute Our right to our country are based on legal transactions and Divine edict. Israel is currently facing a revisionist threat to Jewish ownership of it’s country.
A Grave is the Soul’s Address After Death • Abraham goes to great lengths to purchase the Cave of Machpela in Hevron as a burial plot for his wife Sara• When a person dies the Nefesh level of the soul remains connected here on earth
