Ibn Ezra: Isaac’s Blessing (Toldot)
Isaac offers apparently prophetic blessing to Jacob, who he thinks is Esau, and then to Esau when the latter cries. How could blessing flow from deceit?
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Ibn Ezra: A Moral Minyan (Vayera)
The concept of a moral minyan can be derived from Ibn Ezra’s commentary on Abraham challenging God’s plan to destroy Sodom.
Prayer and Proximity (D’var Torah Matot-Masei)
As Numbers winds its way to a close, a war breaks out against Midian. According to midrash, Moses drafts 12,000 to fight and 12,000 to pray – in proximity.
Widening Worship (D’var Torah Parshat Bo)
The Egyptians have endured seven plagues, and when threat of an eighth (locusts) reaches them, many of the leading advisers…
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, “Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer”
Reb Zalman died a few years ago, but his impact on the Jewish world has not ceased. I first started…