“Hashem said to Avram: Get yourself away from your country and from your birth-place and from your father’s house” (Genesis 12:1). “But Lord, how can I leave my country? Look – I’m 75 years old, You ...

The words “Lech Lecha” are the first words that Avraham Avinu has ever heard from G-d: “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you” ...

Czy w sezonie 2026/27 doczekamy się polskiego klubu w fazie ligowej Ligi Mistrzów? Jest na to spora szansa, bo tym razem w ...

Exactly twenty years ago this Shabbos, my sister and I stood before the bimah of our conservative shul for our B’nai Mitzvah. Before the congregation, we gave our own interpretation of this week’s ...

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“Lech lecha me’artzecha… Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you” (Bereishit/Genesis 12:1). With these words, God calls Abram into ...

This post originally appeared on Neesh Noosh. Lech Lecha tells the story of the birth of the Jewish people through Avraham’s prophecy. God tells Avram, “I will bless you and make you a great nation.” ...

The day God pronounced two simple words — lech lecha — Abraham and Sarah’s lives changed forever. God instructs Abraham to leave his homeland, his birthplace and his father’s home, “to the land that I ...

A Senior Lecturer in English discusses how the "whole student" can only be taught by the "whole professor." “Lech lecha me’artzecha umimoladetcha umi beit avicha...” Now the LORD said unto Abram: “Get ...

In many ways, the Noah and creation stories are parallel, helping explain God’s exhortation to Abraham: “Lech lecha me’artzecha” (Go for yourself from your land; Genesis 12:1). *In both, water plays a ...