Avraham and Yishmael

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1. The Differences Between Avraham and Yitzchak

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak

   Yitzchak’s character is often viewed as parallel to Avraham, as depicted in Midrash Hagadol: “All things that happened to Avraham – happened to Yitzchak.” The midrash indicates that there is no innovation by Yitzchak, whose strength is primarily in maintaining and stabilizing the path that his father had forged. Is this indeed a correct reading of the text? Perhaps the many points of comparison highlight the differences between these two characters, and emphasize Yitzchak’s unique personality.

2. Yishmael: Son of the Handmaiden or Son of Avraham?

   Rabbi Moshe Cohen

3. Abraham My Beloved: From ‘the Land I Will Show You’ to Mt. Moriah

   Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg

   תאריך פרסום: 2023 | | Hour and 8 minutes

   In this shiur we will follow Abraham through his life's journey – a journey that begins with questions of livelihood, children's education, marital relationships, and barrenness, in a constant effort to spread the name of God in the world – that ends in the sublime moment of the Akeidah.