Read Rabbi Cardozo’s eulogy for his wife Rabbanit Freyda Rachel Lopes Cardozo z”l
Avraham Avinu (Abraham, our Father)
Before there was a nation, before there was a Torah, there was a man who dared to begin. Abraham is the father of Judaism not because he possessed certainty, but because he was willing to journey into the unknown.
Yet Abraham’s greatness lies not only in his obedience, but in his defiance. He argues with God over the fate of Sodom, challenges injustice, and embodies a radical hospitality.
To encounter Abraham is to rediscover the courage to begin again. What does it mean to trust a voice that calls us beyond ourselves? How do we balance loyalty to tradition with the responsibility to challenge even the Divine in the name of justice? In Avraham Avinu, faith becomes a journey—unfinished, demanding, and profoundly human.
In Abraham, Jewish Thought and Philosophy and Parashat Vayera by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
For the biblical personality and those living in early post-biblical times, the existence of God was apparent. One would discover His fingerprints everywhere: in heaven, on earth, in the colors of a flower, in the stormy sky, in the thunder and lightning, in the smile of a baby or the beauty of the seashore.
In Abraham and Jewish Thought and Philosophy by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
One of the most disturbing claims ever made by any group of people is the one Jews make when, quoting the Bible, they insist upon being called the "Chosen People." What does this even mean?