Rachel Travis: Lech Lecha
Rachel Travis considers the madras, wherein a young Abraham questions his father’s faith in the carved and molded idols. Abraham is a rebel. Yet in…
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Rachel Travis considers the madras, wherein a young Abraham questions his father’s faith in the carved and molded idols. Abraham is a rebel. Yet in…
Rabbi Barenblat blogs on whether or not God should have created humanity. The question is challenging; most of our perception of reality is in opposing…