An Elul thought a day on each of the Torah readings of the year continues – parashat ha-yom!
For today, Va-Yeira, the fourth parashah of the Torah, Genesis 18:1 – 22:24, and the ongoing stories around Abraham.
Sarah gives birth to Isaac, a miraculous child of her senior years, and casts out Hagar, the mother of Ishmael. The Torah itself offers us a better alternative for surrogate motherhood in the Rachel and Leah who offer their handmaids to Jacob and raise their children as their own.
An Elul thought on this: we admit that we can improve situations by rethinking our approaches, and sometimes going back to the drawing board.
