Torah in Ten: Lech Lecha
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.
Rabbi Chaim Miller is the author of the Gutnick Chumash published by Kol Menachem, New York. To purchase the Chumash click here.
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Rabbi,
Your lessons are wonderful, but I would like to see a part 2 for this segment, or an update of some kind. The most interesting portion of the Lecha is the event of Avram's blessing, which is what I consider the beginning of his path to tikun to achieve the higher spiritual purification to progress from the blessed father to the blessed father of nations (Avram to Avraham). Melchizedek was potentially the spiritual reincarnation of Noah through Shem. He was a priest, but his name means "king of righteousness." David was a priest in the order of Melchizedek because he was a king of righteousness. Avraham's descendants would become Melchizedeks, kings of righteousness, and the proof of G-d's plan for it appears in the Lecha.