How to bring relatives in conflict together? Here Torah tells us that the opposing brothers Isaac and Ishmael came together to share burying their cherished father. A promise of the possibility of overcoming differences to recognize shared concerns. In the background are Hagar, Ishmael’s mother, once shunned but then brought back renamed Katura to marry Abraham after Sarah…
How do you confront God? Here Abraham who was the first Hebrew to “speak” to the one and only God was said to have God literally emblazoned on his own body – here the tetragrammaton in on his flesh and he is surrounded by the four simultaneous worlds (colors) and the Shekhinah feminine spirit is crowning…
How to make the right decision? Here Abraham is confronted with making one. His barren wife Sarah has given him her handmaiden Hagar to, in a way, prove his masculinity by siring a child. But when Hagar becomes pregnant she mocks Sarah continuously, so Sarah tells Abram to send Hagar away. What to do? Hashem tells him…
Should we be here? According to some sages, there was a heavenly argument as to whether humans should be created. The angels of Truth and Justice opposed humans for what damage they would do, but Love and Righteousness defended them for the good they can do. Some midrash say the first humans were connected twins male and…