Parashat Lech Lecha

Oct 30, 2014, 5:27 PM

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Avraham avinu (our father Abraham), sought G-d and loved G-d. G-d called to Avraham to leave all behind and journey to a land G-d would bequeath to Avraham’s as yet unborn children. Avraham’s understanding that the world has a Master and that He rules His world with love and with justice informs Avraham’s children to this day.

Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
Parashat Lech Lecha is read on Shabbat:
Marcheshvan 8, 5775/November 1, 2014

About the Author

Rabbi Chaim Richman is the director of the international department of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. For over three decades the Temple Institute has been dedicated to every aspect of the Biblical commandment to build the Holy Temple. Through its research and educational programming, the Institute seeks to highlight the universal significance of the Holy Temple as a house of peace and prayer for all nations.