All posts in: Lech-Lecha
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7 years ago
Kotzker Rav observation
HaShem says to Avraham Avinu (12;2) ‘I will make you into a great nation and bless you and make great your name and there will be bracha.’ Rashi asribes ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Where did Avraham come from?
At the start of Lech Lecha, HaShem commands Avraham, in what is his first of ten tests, to leave his family and birthplace to come to Eretz Cena’an. The problem ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
The Birth of The Jewish People
In this week’s parsha, Lech Lecha, we meet our forefather, Avraham. Avraham is the first person in the modern world to stop and realise that there is a Creator ..
Written by Tal Segal
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7 years ago
Are you listening?
The Ramban asks a poignant question at the start of our sedra. Whereas the Torah gives some background info about virtually all other tzadikim, when it comes to Avraham ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Lech Lecha
The First World Congress of the Agudath Israel of 1923, convened in the elegant Viennese Opera House, was a magnificent event graced by the presence of the legendary ..
Written by Rabbi Dovid Sipper
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7 years ago
Avraham’s Journey and Today’s Journey of a B’al Teshuva
In Parshas Lech Lecha Avram (before he was called Avraham) is told to go “from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house”. The order of this ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
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7 years ago
A Chassidishe Vort
The Posuk states: “Imree Nah Achosi Aht” (Please say you are my sister) (Bereishis 12:13) Chazal teach us “Maasay Avos Siman L’banim”. ..
Written by B Rose
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7 years ago
‘those who bless you I shall bless’ – a map of history
The sedra opens with HaShem telling Avraham (then ‘Avram’) to Eretz C’naan and blessing him that ‘I will make you into a great nation…those who bless you will ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
lech lecha; avraham’s mission
Parshas Lech Lecha; Avraham and His Mission We are told that on their journey, Avraham and Sarah took with ‘the nefesh that they made in Charan’ (12;5), which ..
Written by D Fine
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7 years ago
HaShem’s army needs YOU!
Avraham?! Who is Avraham?!? That is the Ramban’s question at the start of parshas lech lecha when suddenly, without any intorduction to who Avraham is (unlike ..
Written by d fine
