This evening we contrast the hospitality of Avraham with the hospitality of Lot, and explain why we emulate the former and not the latter, with a story from Gerlitz Foods in Geulah when I was living there, and a remarkable story from Sivan Rahav Meir expressing what it means to love helping others, not just doing it. We formulate a response to the current frightening wave of antisemitism around the world based on an original insight of Rabbi Saul Berman about why Sarah laughed. We explore the practice of asking someone to pray for us when we are sick, which we see for the first time in this Parsha. And we clarify what faith in God does for us, and what it does not do for us.

Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship.

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