PatriarchsHebron
Isaac Our Father
Heroism, prayer
Core Concept
Strength of devotion and perseverance: readiness to be bound on the altar, prayer in the field, and continuing his father's way in the Land by digging his wells anew.
Biography
The second of the patriarchs. He was bound on the altar on Mount Moriah, and dug anew the wells of his father – continuing the way in the Land.
Sources on Sefaria
Sefaria gathers on one page the sources in which Isaac appears: Mishnah, Talmud, midrash and commentary.
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The Road to Sinai
Isaac Our Father belongs to the age of the patriarchs, before the Torah was given at Sinai, where the chain of transmission begins.