Ketura

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  1. Ketura

    Rabbi Yaakov Medan

    Why did Avraham marry Ketura? The answer might be the key to understanding the relationship between Yitzchak and Avraham's other sons. Who will inherit the land of Israel?

  2. Sons and Genealogies - Selection and Rejection

    Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell

    תאריך פרסום: 2006 | | 30 minutes

    Why do the generations of Yishmael appear in the Torah in addition to the genealogies of Yitzhak, the son selected to be Avraham’s successor? The lists are there partly as a contrast. Stories recur throughout Bereisheet with motifs of dynasties and transmission: There are two sons who can follow in their father’s footsteps—one is chosen and described in greater length, and one is sent away. In this shiur, we look at the pattern of selection and rejection throughout the various occurences of the lists of descendants.

  3. A World of Avraham's Descendants

    Rabbi David Silverberg