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Lech-Lecha 5767 - November 3, 2006

 Comment
Intercultural Adoption & You
By Yisrael Rice
Plucking a child out of his or her native environment is very traumatizing for the child. But sometimes the child's very life depends on it. Here's what you can do to ease the transition...
 Parshah
Lech Lecha in a Nutshell
Genesis 12:1–17:27
Abram travels to Canaan, Sarai is taken captive by Pharaoh and Lot settles in the evil city of Sedom. G-d promises the Land of Israel to Abram’s descendents. Ishmael is born, Abram becomes Abraham, Sarai becomes Sarah and they are promised a son. Abraham circumcises himself.
 Question
Do Jews Celebrate Halloween?
By Tzvi Freeman
I know its origins aren't very "Jewish," but I'm worried that my kids will feel left out if they can't go trick-n-treating in the neighborhood...
 Essay
The Abraham Principle
The Logic of Faith
By Arnie Gotfryd
On closer inspection, it seems more akin to ecology than to ethical monotheism... yet this one elegant idea developed by a child some 3,800 years ago, has transformed the world forever
 Story
A Coin
By Shoshannah Brombacher
Chassidic master Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rymanov did not have money and he didn't care for money either. He was actually so poor that he often could not feed his children...
 Voices
Gefilte Fish in Heaven
By Mashey Bernstein
Every time I sit down to my simple meal of baked potato, undercooked vegetables and overly seasoned steak, I sense my mother's disapproving presence...
Daily Quotes
Daily Thoughts

There was once a person who was traveling from place to place and he saw a palace in flames. Said he: "Can it be that there is no master to this palace?" So the owner of the palace looked out to him and said to him: "I am the master of the Palace." By the same token, because Abraham would go around saying, "Can it be that the world has no master?" G-d looked out and said: "I am the owner, the master of the world"
— Midrash Rabbah




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