Parshah Focus

It turns out that the greatest need of all is not to be needed, but to need others.

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?

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.

Torah does not tell us what the tests actually were. There are actually a number of schools of thought about this. Here are some.

The Wickedness of the Sodomites, Abraham Pleads For Sodom, Lot’s Hospitality, Lot and His Family Are Saved, The Dead Sea

Abraham in Gerar, Isaac’s Birth, Ishmael, The Miraculous Well

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?

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?

G-d’s strange Command, Father and Son Together, The Akedah - Altar, Abraham’s Reward, Abraham and Isaac Return, Sarah’s Death

Why is there no mention of Isaac returning with his father?