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Lech Lecha 5762 - October 26, 2001
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Introducing Abram, age 75… Sarah's abduction… Lot relocates to Sodom… the Covenant Between the Parts… Hagar and Ishmael… Abraham's circumci-sion..
Introducing Abram, age 75… Sarah's abduction… Lot relocates to Sodom… the Covenant Between the Parts… Hagar and Ishmael… Abraham's circumci-sion..
Story
The Blanket
He sat down at the head of the table, and, naturally, our inclination was to look away. We didn't want to embarrass him.
He sat down at the head of the table, and, naturally, our inclination was to look away. We didn't want to embarrass him.
The View from Above
A wave of pity swept over me. I was filled with great compassion, for my body, for the life I had wasted, for my loved ones who would remain in this world.
A wave of pity swept over me. I was filled with great compassion, for my body, for the life I had wasted, for my loved ones who would remain in this world.
Abraham was told that his descendents will be like the dust of the earth (Genesis 13:17), and as the stars of heaven (ibid. 15:5). So it is with Israel: When they fall, they will fall as low as the dust; when they rise, they will rise as high as the stars.
— Pesikta Zutrati
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To one whose self is his body, death of the body is death of the self. But for one whose self is his love, awe and faith, there is no death, only a passing. From a state of confinement in the body, he makes the passage to liberation. He continues to work within this world, and even more so than before.
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