What drives a man to leave his “land, his birthplace, and his father’s house” for an unknown destination? Yet driven we are, in search of something more than what our parents, teachers--indeed our very nature and genes--have to offer.
The Midrash sees Sarah's abduction by Pharaoh and her subsequent liberation as a precedent for Abraham and Sarah's children's future sojourn in Egypt. According to the chassidic masters, it also illuminates the soul-body relationship within each individual's life