I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In ...

Hebrew refers to a language and a nation; who looked back to their original ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Talmud in Brachot 56b states: “One who sees Ishmael in a dream, it is an omen ...

(16:120) If Prophet Abraham is an Ummah then fighting between the descendants of Prophets Ishmael and Isaac is a civil war and should always be avoided. After all: “Righteousness is not in ...

‘Hebrew’ refers to (1) a language and (2) a nation who looked back to their original ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Prophet Ishmael was a half-brother of Prophet Isaac, long separated ...

For Jews, Abraham’s perfect awe for G-d, demonstrated by his willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and banish his first son Ishmael culminated in G-d’s promise to make great nations from ...

And they buried him [Abraham], Isaac and Ishmael his sons, in the Cave of Machpelah … (Genesis 25:9). I wonder: how many of you have been to Hebron? Hebron means “friendship” or “unity.” How ironic.

We’ll talk more about Isaac later. But, for right now, we need to step back to before his conception. After the birth of Ishmael, God corrects Abraham’s assumptions: the child of the covenant ...

This equal sharing of trials is why Abraham final test involved both of his sons; Ishmael and Isaac. The Qur’an states: “Indeed, Abraham was a [model] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah ...

or whether Isaac and Jacob also needed to pass some tests. We understand why Ishmael was not selected. He was born from a different mother; he was born before Abraham passed all of his tests ...