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Lech Lecha 5762 - October 26, 2001
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Introducing Abram, age 75… Sarah's abduction… Lot relocates to Sodom… the Covenant Between the Parts… Hagar and Ishmael… Abraham's circumci-sion..
Introducing Abram, age 75… Sarah's abduction… Lot relocates to Sodom… the Covenant Between the Parts… Hagar and Ishmael… Abraham's circumci-sion..
Story
The Blanket
He sat down at the head of the table, and, naturally, our inclination was to look away. We didn't want to embarrass him.
He sat down at the head of the table, and, naturally, our inclination was to look away. We didn't want to embarrass him.
The View from Above
A wave of pity swept over me. I was filled with great compassion, for my body, for the life I had wasted, for my loved ones who would remain in this world.
A wave of pity swept over me. I was filled with great compassion, for my body, for the life I had wasted, for my loved ones who would remain in this world.
Everything that happened to the Patriarchs is a signpost for their children. This is why the Torah elaborates its account of their journeys, their well-digging and the other events [of their lives]... For when something happens to one of the Patriarchs, one understands from it what is decreed to occur to his descendants.
— Nachmanides
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It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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