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Why Didn’t Abraham Tell Sarah?
By Eliezer Zalmanov
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Did Abraham Serve His Guests Non-Kosher?
By Baruch S. Davidson
Reading the Torah, I noticed that when the angels, disguised as travelers, visited Abraham, he served them "butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared." Isn't this a violation of the prohibition against eating meat and milk together?
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Abraham's Hospitality
By Nissan Mindel
Beer-Sheba, a lush oasis in the desert, was home to Abraham and Sarah, who welcomed visitors with kindness, teaching them about G‑d and offering shelter.
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What Were Abraham's 10 Tests?
What Were Abraham’s 10 Tests?
By Menachem Posner
Torah does not tell us what the tests actually were. There are actually a number of schools of thought about this. Here are some.
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The Destruction of Sodom
By Jacob Isaacs
The Wickedness of the Sodomites, Abraham Pleads For Sodom, Lot’s Hospitality, Lot and His Family Are Saved, The Dead Sea
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Why Did Lot's Wife Turn into Salt?
Why Did Lot's Wife Turn into Salt?
By Rochel Chein
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Isaac & Ishmael
By Jacob Isaacs
Abraham in Gerar, Isaac’s Birth, Ishmael, The Miraculous Well
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Why Didn't Abraham Plead for His Son's Life?
Why Didn’t Abraham Plead for His Son’s Life?
By Tzvi Freeman
Why did Abraham protest so strongly on behalf of a handful of lowlife Sodomites, and yet submitted silently when commanded to sacrifice his own son?
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Sacrifice Your Son?
What Kind of G‑d Would Ask You to Sacrifice Your Son?
a conversation
By Yanki Tauber
Skeptic: Now if that's not the epitome of everything wrong with religion... Believer: Aren't you leaving out a very important part of the story?
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The Great Test: The Binding of Isaac
By Jacob Isaacs
G-d’s strange Command, Father and Son Together, The Akedah - Altar, Abraham’s Reward, Abraham and Isaac Return, Sarah’s Death
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Where Was Isaac After the Binding?
Where Was Isaac After the Binding?
By Baruch S. Davidson
Why is there no mention of Isaac returning with his father?
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Sarah of the Bible: The First Matriarch
Sarah of the Bible: The First Matriarch
By Shalom Goodman
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Sodom and Gomorrah: Cities Destroyed by G-d
Sodom and Gomorrah: Cities Destroyed by G-d
By Mendy Kaminker
The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have come to epitomize moral depravity and cruelty.
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