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Rabbi Levi’s Abraham passes the test because he remains sufficiently calm and clear-thinking to avert a misinterpretation that would have ended Isaac’s life.

How far are we willing to go to prove that we are right?

By telling and re-telling difficult, even ethically repugnant, stories in the Torah, we may move from silence to healing and from narrowness to expanse.

What did it mean to wrestle with God so that the two brothers could kiss and live in peace?

When permission is given to the destructive force to wreak havoc, it does not distinguish between the innocent and guilty. (Mekhilta Bo 12:22)

What matters most is being who you feel yourself to be.

How might we transform the traditional words of our liturgy to address our pain and commitment?

What if we were to understand divinity as the source from which we borrow all that we have — our loved ones, our bodies, our material possessions, our memories?