Challenges

"a nisayon is the capacity to rise above one’s nature — to be supernatural within one’s own self."

The story of Avraham Avinu is a story that can be dissected down to its smallest details and its commentary can fill volumes. I would like to zoom out and focus on the essence of Avraham. 

When one thinks about who Avraham Avinu was, many ideas come up. He was the founder of monotheism and the father of the Jewish people. What is most striking though is …