“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 ...

This transition is one that has occupied my interest for many years (I’m actually writing a book about it!). If we look at the beginning of Parshat Lech Lecha (Bereshit 12:1), it seems that God told ...

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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 ...

Jewish tradition places great significance on names. With the addition of just one letter, at the age of 99, Abram becomes Abraham and his transformation to the father of many nations is confirmed. At ...

This week’s Torah portion is Lech-Lecha: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 Lech-Lecha, the divine command to Abraham in Genesis 12:1, is often translated as “Go forth.” But the Hebrew is richer and much more ...

Parashat Lech Lecha opens with G-d’s first call to Avram, when he was 75 years old, telling him to leave Haran, his familiar surroundings, and his family home, and to make Aliyah. It concludes with ...

This week's Torah portion - that part of the Hebrew Bible, which is read and studied this week - Genesis 12-17, known in Hebrew as "Lech Lecha," or "Go! Go! For yourself..." is the way we are ...

“Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched his tents until Sodom” Genesis 13:12 A torah (Hebrew scripture) reading. The "yod" - a hand-shaped silver ...