Lech-Lecha

Things do not always go according to our plans and expectations. In fact, they rarely do.

How, when and if to speak up for what’s right, when the people who are acting improperly are your own family members.

Topics Include: Abraham's journey as it corresponds to the three levels of the soul, a spiritual explanation of the rivalry between Sarah and Hagar, the difference between the names Avram and Avraham.

In our journey toward self-transformation, the apparent regressions and detours are integral.

G-d's command to Abraham to leave his homeland (lech-lecha) is spelled by repeating the same two letters twice. These double letters hint to a way to access infinity.

When Abraham feared that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his wife, he asked her to pretend that she was his sister. We examine the meaning of the verse (Genesis 12:13) "Say that you are my sister so that they will favor me."