Akeida #2: The Binding of Isaac - Reb Zalman’s Hineini
Those of you who were here last year may recall that I gave the dvar Torah on the second day of Rosh Hashanah then. I focused on Avraham Avinu, our Patriarch Abraham, and the theme of hineini, emotional and spiritual presence. I talked about what it means to say hineini when we are called, as Avraham was in the Akeida, not once, but three times. I talked about how I hoped to live a hineini life, a life of deep presence in holy conversation, sichah kedoshah, about Israel an
