Kosher Cheeseburger?!
Cultured, Stem Cell Meat, Halacha, Kashrut, Science, Parshat Vayera, Shemini, Re’eh, Shavuot
Parshat Vayera
One Donkey
Purpose, History, Creation, Akeida, Exodus, Mashiach, Parshat Vayera, Shmot, DRASH ONLY
Standing Idly By
Bystander Responsibilities, Saving Strangers, Risk, Common Law, Jewish Law, Lot’s Guests, Parshat Vayera, Kedoshim
A Sense of Urgency
Zerzim Makdimim, Ain Mash’hinan, Ain Maavirin, Haviva Mitzvah Beshaata,Parshat Vayera
Do We Believe in Angels?
Angels, Prophecy, Prayer, Parshat Vayera
The Binding of Isaac
The binding of Isaac (akeidat Yitzhak) represents the pinnacle of humanity’s devotion to God, yet it confronts us with a profound moral and religious paradox: the command to sacrifice an innocent, beloved son. Why would God ask this, why would Abraham comply, and what enduring lesson are we meant to draw from such a test?
Lot’s Pesah (Cycles in Time)
Matza, Redemption, Hospitality, Hachnasat Orchim, Brit Bein Habetarim, Zechut Avot, Parshat Vayera, Bo
Obedience, Auschwitz, and the Akeida – Lessons from the Milgram Experiment
Obedience, Nazis, Holocaust, “Just Following Orders”, Banality of Evil, Avraham, Binding Isaac, Parshat Vayera
Between Sodom and Moriah
Sodom, Moriah, Homosexuality, Parshat Vayera