Abraham and Isaac, by Anthony van Dyck, c.1617. Shacharit, the set of prayers recited by Jews in the morning, consists of several sections. One of them, the "Preliminary Prayers," contains, among other things, the first nineteen verses of the Book of Genesis, Chapter 22. Jews refer to these nineteen verses as the Akedah or Akedat … Continue reading “Jeeves!” “Sir?” →