The Story of Akeidat Yitzchak
Join Rabbi Chaim Brovender and analyze the story of Akeidat Yitzchak, the binding of Isaac, which is read in the synagogue on Rosh Hashana. The story is a challenging one so we will have to look deep to understand what happened, why it happened, and what we can learn from it including why the story relevant to Rosh Hashana.
Rabbi Chaim Brovender is the Rosh Yeshiva of WebYeshiva and President of ATID - The Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions in Jewish Education, in Jerusalem. He was the founding Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hamivtar and Michlelet Bruria (today, Midreshet Lindenbaum) where he pioneered the teaching of Gemara to students for whom the Talmud had been a closed book. For over forty years he has been a leading force in teaching Torah in Israel and enabling his students to "learn how to learn" according to the renowned "Brovender Method."