The Akeda - Binding of Yitzhack
The binding of Yitzchak found at the end of the Torah portion Vayera in Bereshit (Genesis 22 1- 15), is considered by the Jewish sages to be one of the most important portions in the Torah, and is read during Rosh Hashanah. Rabbis continue asking such questions as: Why would G-d demand such a thing of Avraham or even Yitzchak. Is G-d adistic? Did He need to test Abraham's love for G-d or the limits of his obedience?
Seudat Birkat for Pesach
As Rabbi of our congregation I have made a decision that each year we would hold a special Seudat Birkat on the night before Pesach. This we do according to our understanding of what our Messiah Yeshua observed with his talmidim the night before he died almost 2000 years ago. We have been celebrating Passover for almost 3500 years following the commandment of G-d to remember our freedom from bondage and slavery in Egypt. Now we celebrate a freedom which goes beyond the bounds of time and space. It is a freedom from spiritual bondage earned for us only by the death and resurrection of our Messiah. For this we offer him our utmost in gratitude for we could never have freed ourselves.