How Strange the Way of Providence
Parashat Vayeira ("And [God] appeared [to Abraham]") forms the critical midpoint of the Abraham narrative. Its diverse episodes all display a single theme: the miraculous ways of divine providence.
Walking Together
Parents and children often live in separate worlds. No matter how close they may be emotionally, their experiences, friends, and values are generally quite distinct.
Praying for Luck
There is a problem in our Torah portion. It's a theological quandary that I believe plagues us all at one time or another regardless of our real beliefs in God, and it's widespread. It has to do with luck, chance, coincidence, and magical uncertainty.
In the Fullness of Days
Chayei Sarah (literally, "the life of Sarah") begins as Abraham buries his late, beloved wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, in the area of present-day Hebron.
Kotzk on True Love
What is it about falling in love that persuades even the most hardened skeptic to reconsider his or her theology?