Timeless Wisdom: Weekend Torah Teaching - Genesis 22:1-22:24
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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In this episode of Timeless Wisdom, Dennis Prager delves into the story of Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac, exploring the complexities of faith and obedience. He examines the biblical account, highlighting the importance of understanding the different names of God and the implications of Abraham's actions. Dennis also discusses the themes of sacrifice, faith, and the relationship between parents and children, raising thought-provoking questions about the nature of God and the human experience. This episode offers a nuanced and insightful look at one of the most pivotal stories in the Hebrew Bible.
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| 0:30.8 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 0:34.3 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
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| 0:49.6 | I teach the Torah, which is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the five books of Moses. |
| 0:56.9 | I teach them as objectively as I can. |
| 1:01.3 | I try not to look at them through the eyes of a religious person, A, or the eyes of a Jewish person B, |
| 1:08.6 | but the eyes of that plus an objective reader of the text. |
| 1:16.8 | I approach the text as what does it really want to say, |
| 1:20.7 | even if I'm not happy with what I conclude. |
| 1:24.3 | In other words, intellectual honesty comes before my other commitments, but my other |
| 1:30.3 | commitments are part of it. Okay? I want you to understand how I approach this. Part of that |
| 1:35.8 | other commitment is it is to me a religious work, and in Judaism the most religious act you can |
| 1:41.8 | engage in is the study of Torah. |
| 1:44.7 | It is much greater than prayer. |
| 1:46.6 | So for that reason, when I teach and study Torah, I wear a Yamaka. |
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