“It was at that time Judah descended from his brothers and turned to an Adulamite man, and his name was Chira” Genesis 38:1
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
“Isaac dwelt in Gerar… and he said, ‘She is my sister’…. And when he had been there a long time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca, his wife” Genesis 26:7-8
By Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg
“And Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave” Genesis 23:19
By Rabbi Kathleen Middleton
“Abraham gave his newborn son, whom Sarah had borne him, the name of Isaac” Genesis 21:3
“Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched his tents until Sodom” Genesis 13:12
By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss
“At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark he had made and sent out the raven” Genesis 8:6
By rabbi danny rich
“Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it” Genesis 2:15
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“May Hashem our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May we never be abandoned or forsaken” I Kings 8:57
By Rabbi Eli Birnbaum
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“Make My teaching drop like rain, my sayings should flow like dew” Deuteronomy 32:2
By Rabbi Daniel Fine
“Now Hannah was praying in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk” 1 Samuel 1:13
By Rebbetzin Dr Hadassah Fromson
“For the matter is very close to you, it is in your mouth and in your heart in order to do it” Deuteronomy 30:14
By Rabbi Gabriel Botnick
“And you shall call out and declare before Hashem your God: ‘An Aramean [Laban] attempted to destroy my ancestor [Jacob], and he descended to Egypt’” Deuteronomy 26:5
“When a man has taken a bride, he shall not go out with the army or be assigned to it for any purpose; he shall be exempt one year for the sake of his household, to give happiness to the woman he has married” Deuteronomy 24:5
By Rabbi Zahavit Shalev
“And you should prepare the way, divide into three parts…and it shall be for murderers to flee” Deuteronomy 19:3
Both are on the other side of the Jordan, beyond the west road that is in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah — near Gilgal, by the terebinths of Moreh” Deuteronomy 11:30
“Therefore impress these My words upon your very heart: bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” Deuteronomy 11:18
