The Trial of the Binding of Isaac

Parashat Vayera

We blow a ram’s horn on the Day of Judgment in order to awaken the merit of the binding of Isaac. Would it not be more appropriate, though, to lift up a slaughtering knife and proclaim that with such a knife was Abraham ready to sacrifice his son?

Shmittat Kesafim

Debt Cancellation in the Shmitta Year: A Question of Terminology; The Mechanism of Prozbul; How Is It Possible?; A Proposal; Compelling the Debtor to Pay