Our Father Abraham had eight sons. The record of these sons and their names are in the Book of Genesis. First he had Ishmael, who was the son of a slave woman--Hagar of Egypt was his mother. She ...

Since the stories of the two sons of Abraham are central to the Rosh Hashanah readings, I feel that a legitimate connection can be made. First of all, God is the agent in the story of Ishmael and ...