In this week’s Shmuz on the Parsha, Rabbi Shafier delves into the epic tafkid of Sara Imeinu.

Despite her incredible, spiritual accomplishments, we learn that Sara Imeinu’s role was primarily to become the mother of Am Yisroel through Yitzchak Avinu. It wasn’t until she was ninety years old that she started fulfilling her purpose in this world.

For your own life, this delivers some hard-hitting truths- the futility of comparing yourself with others, the fallacy of judging those around you and the freedom to accept the stage of life that Hashem has placed you in.

Seize this opportunity to learn the Parsha this week- it contains powerful life lessons that we all need reminding of.

You know what’s right. But in the middle of a nisayon, your reasons for making an exception can sound remarkably convincing.

Discover three principles from Akeidas Yitzchak that can change how you approach your own challenges: understand why your tests are uniquely yours, recognize the rationalizations that cloud your judgment, and look beyond the pressure of the moment. Listen now to discover how the choices you make when nobody’s watching can become your greatest opportunities for growth.

Avraham Avinu was one of the wealthiest, most powerful and influential men of his generation. Yet at 99 years old, recovering from his bris milah and in considerable pain, he ran to welcome three complete strangers, bowed before them and personally waited on them.

Why does the Torah devote so many precious pesukim to the details of a meal, yet barely mention Avraham's extraordinary power and influence?

Rabbi Shafier explores what this remarkable episode reveals about the true measure of greatness, why chesed is so central to our purpose in life, and how we can learn to become more like Hashem through the way we treat others.