Parsha:

Vayeira 

Description

Who dares imagine Abraham's heart at that awful moment when he was tested and called to place his son...upon an altar to be sacrificed? The God Who asked Abraham to sacrifice his son is the same God Who revealed Himself to Abraham and had given him Yitzchak as the fulfillment of His promise and covenant with Abraham. Being stopped with the knife held high is almost as disquieting to us as the test itself! Where does that leave us? What are we to make of this "test"? Based on these readings my grandfather suggested that Onkelos's translation made perfect sense...