Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”Sister Wives? Sarah, Hagar, and the Day of Judgment” with Miriam Gedwiser

The banishment of Ishmael and the Binding of Isaac - read on the first and second days of Rosh Hashana respectively - are often seen as companion stories of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own children for God. But what of the mothers in these stories, Sarah and Hagar?  We will examine the two characters, their differences as well as uncanny similarities, in order to understand the root of their opposition to each other.