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On Jewish Self-Defense. “We have a right to demand, ‘Love they neighbor as thyself.’. We have no right to demand, ‘Love they neighbor and kill theyself.’. No moral teacher has ever asserted, ‘If one stands with a knife threatening to kill you, bare your heart for him to murder you.’. There is no moral justification for self ...
- Martin Luther King
The response of some of the so-called young militants does...
- Mark Twain
Abraham Joshua Heschel. T. H. Huxley. Mordecai Kaplan....
- The Innocents Abroad
We descended to the Plain again, and halted a moment at a...
- Hillel
On the "Golden Rule" Once there was a gentile who came...
- Martin Luther King
Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham ), born Abram ( c. 1900 BC?), is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the three Abrahamic religions .
Updated on January 31, 2020. Abraham (Avraham) was the first Jew, the founder of Judaism, the physical and spiritual ancestor of the Jewish people, and one of the three Patriarchs (Avot) of Judaism. Abraham also plays a prominent role in Christianity and Islam, which are the other two major Abrahamic religions.
“There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious. Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.” ― Abraham Joshua Heschel
Jewish texts and source sheets about Abraham from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library. Abraham is the father of the Jewish people and husband to Sarah. God sent him from his homeland to the land of Canaan and promised to make him a great nation, through whom the nations would be blessed.
As an example, let us look at an oft-quoted rabbinic tradition: Our father Abraham observed the entire Torah before it was given to Israel, as it is written (Genesis 26:5) “Because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.” (Mishnah, end of Kiddushin).
Abraham is the founder of Judaism (and thereby of all monotheistic faiths). God singles Abraham out for a unique and special relationship and promises that he will be the father of a great nation — the Jews — and that his descendants will inherit a promised land. Abraham vows to worship only God, making him the world’s first monotheist.
