November 6, 2024 | 5 Cheshvan, 5785 | Torah Portion: Lech Lecha, Genesis 12:1-17:27 | Haftorah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16
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Parsha Summary for Parshas Lech Lecha
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person ...read more
Haftorah Summary for Parshas Lech Lecha
Haftorah Lech Lecha
Isaiah 40:27 - 41:16 This week's Haftorah continues the theme of Hashem's manifest presence within nature and our selection ...read more
The Standers and the Walkers
This week we read the parsha of Lech L'cha. Hashem command Avrom: "Lech l'cha {go} from your land, from your birthplace and from your father's ...read more
Not Just A Tool
"And he mobilized his disciples..." (14:14)
After discovering that his nephew Lot had been taken captive, Avram mobilizes his disciples in an ...read more
Do I Have to Ask Permission?
The Story:
“Hello everyone. I’m home.” said Mr. Steiner as he entered the house, dripping raindrops on the floor.
“Daddy, we were worried ...read more
The Kindness Factor
Kindness is gentle. Faith is fierce. Kindness is soft. Faith is inflexible. Kindness is accommodating. Faith is dogmatic. Does this mean that a ...read more
Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Lech Lecha
Yeshaya 40:27
This week's haftorah teaches us never to despair. The prophet Yeshaya opens with words of rebuke to the Jewish people for their ...read more
Suicide Moms
For the last seven years, I have patterned this d'var Torah in a standard way. I quote a verse, ask a question and then relate a story. I then ...read more
The Gift of Meat
This week we read the parsha of Noach. Noach's generation was steeped in many egregious sins, with the lack of respect for others, manifested by ...read more
Property Upgrades
In this week’s parsha, Hashem destroyed most of the people on Earth because they had become evil. The pasuk states וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָס , ...read more
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