Lech Lecha Videos

A detailed journey into the mystical meaning of bris milah, the mitzvah of circumcision.

Judaism teaches us to value and optimize hard work. (Based on Likkutei Sichos vol. 15 Lech-Lecha)

Examine two components in acquiring the Holy Land.

Analysis of Rambam’s statement about the specialty of the mitzvah of Bris Millah.

Explore three categories of divine flow: prayer, blessings and the unique quality of the blessing of the Kohen.

Discover how the mitzvah of circumcision stands out from all other mitzvahs.

Why Avraham was allocated the reward of the rebellious generations before him, but Noach wasn't given the same benefit.

Why it's important to start your Jewish journey at your own level (but not to get stuck there).

From Noach to Avraham to Torah, stages of radical transformation of our world.

We are created to be productive, but we don't always appreciate what ultimate productivity looks like.

The Land of Israel is our eternal heritage. Learn how Israel's holiness manifested in two stages.

How was Avraham willing to hand over Sarah to Pharaoh just to get gifts? A lesson in how much the soul needs the body.

The Torah seems to suggest that Avraham was concerned with reward. How does that fit with the expectation to not serve Heshem for personal gain?

The seventh of Cheshvan marks when the last Jew returned home after visiting Jerusalem for the holidays. It always coincides with the parsha of Lech-Lecha when Avraham went to the Land of Israel. How do these two themes fit together?

Discover why the story of Avraham begins with the instruction to leave his homeland, instead of telling us anything about Avraham, his virtues and what he accomplished. Learn how the story of the first Jew highlights the unique journey of every Jew.

Learn how the Rambam contextualizes the importance of the bris and our powerful bond with Hashem.

Even when we are experiencing our personal famines, our relationship with G‑d is still present and accessible.

Abraham was wise enough to recognize when his wife, Sarah, possessed a certain level of greatness that he did not.

Even in today’s day and age, with all of the advancements made in the treatment of women, we must rethink and challenge our value system.

Pharaoh offers monetary compensation for having abducted Sarah, and she and Abraham become rich. Is becoming rich a good thing or not? Is money the root of all evil? Or can money be good, even spiritual?

It’s one thing to give altruistically, but is it possible to take altruistically? An interesting take on the story of Sarah’s handmaid, Hagar.

G‑d changes the name Sarai to Sarah. What influence do our names have on us? Can a change of name create a change in destiny?

G-d’s commandment "Lech-Lecha" to Abraham is an instruction to each one of us.

How Abraham's conversation with G-d sets the trajectory for our nation's history for all times.

How does one deal with challenges, curveballs, and seemingly negative events? How do we learn to value internal beauty as much as external beauty? How do we connect to the spiritual when we are surrounded by the physical? We need to look no further than Abraham and Sarah, as they overcame and triumphed together. Class two awaits.

Israel, it seems, is always in the news. Why? What is so unique about the Jewish homeland that draws so much interest from all over the world?

“Abraham was called “A father to multitudes.” You cannot suffice with your own Judaism; you need to be a leader to many peoples;

A little guy drinking coffee in a soul-crushingly boring little diner where the prevalent philosophy is that the lights are “just on” . . .