Lech Lecha summons Abram to “go to yourself”-to leave land, lineage, and the familiar for a future written in promise. Between famine’s detour to Egypt, Lot’s separation, battlefield rescue, and a midnight covenant under the stars, the parsha reframes faith as movement: altars mark waypoints, not endpoints. By week’s end, circumcision inscribes belonging on the body itself, and names - Avram to Avraham, Sarai to Sarah - expand to fit a mission larger than comfort.
We unpack:
• “Go to yourself”: leaving as self-discovery - how loss of certainty opens room for vocation
• Blessing vs. empire: why being a “great nation” means channeling influence for others, not hoarding it
• Altars & detours: famine, failure, and course-correction as part of faithful travel, not signs to turn back
• Covenant under the stars: counting the uncountable and trusting the promise through darkness
• Brit milah & new names: identity carved into practice- how commitments reshape who we become
Parshat Lech Lecha 5786
Torah: Genesis 12:1-17:27
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16
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