LEAVING HOME (VIDEO)
At the beginning of Lech Lecha, God instructs Abraham to leave his country, his birthplace, and his father’s home. Rabbi Dunner shares a question generated by this instruction: who is still in their father’s home at the age of 75?! Abraham was 75 years old, surely he was fully independent? The answer is both revealing and critical to understanding who Abraham was, and what God wanted from him.
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ALL THAT GLITTERS (VIDEO)
At the beginning of Parshat Pekudei, Moshe Rabbeinu offers up a detailed accounting of all the precious metal collected for use in the construction of the Mishkan, down to the... Read More