Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat Candles: 4:16 p.m. Torah: Genesis 23:-25:17 Haftarah: I Kings 1-31 Havdalah: 5:16 p.m. I have a fondness for Eliezer, Abraham’s faithful servant, whose single task of finding Rebecca secures the Jewish future. As Sforno remarks, “When one generation dies, another has already been set in place to succeed it.” To “succeed” means […]
