Weekly Torah Portion: Lech Lecha
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Channel: The Temple Institute · 2015 · Education
Avraham wasn't just the biological ancestor of the nation of Israel. He wasn't merely a migrant seeking a new land. And his name wasn't simply chosen out of a hat by G-d to receive the commandment of lech lecha - "go for yourself" - on a journey. Avraham was the world's first and greatest iconoclast and revolutionary, completely upending the way things were and introducing a new, and an ever new and ever renewing way of understanding and living life with the intimate knowledge of and personal acquaintance with the One G-d. Avraham sought G-d, and G-d took him in: into the land, into G-d's covenant, and into G-d's heart. Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) Parashat Lech Lecha is read on Shabbat: MarCheshvan 11, 5776/October 24, 2015 Visit us: http://www.templeinstitute.org/ Become a fan on facebook: http://tinyurl.com/nmhhq8 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TempleInstitute More videos available on http://universaltorah.com Weekly Newsletter: http://is.gd/4BUvi 28 YEARS of the TEMPLE INSTITUTE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT: https://www.templeinstitute.org/donate.htm
