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When the world is on fire, who will stop and answer God’s call?In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Gila Fine explore Parshat Lech Lecha through the famous midrash of the bira doleket—the burning building that leads Avraham to encounter … Read the rest The post Lech Lecha 5786: Seeing the Fire first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Lech Lecha 5786: Seeing the Fire at Elmad Online Learning.

In this week’s Torah portion, we examine a story that many today would consider jarring. How do we take the afflictions placed upon the Egyptians for Sarah’s kidnapping? Was Sarah a victim of Pharoah and patriarchy, or were the Egyptians … Read the rest The post Parashat Lech Lecha 5783: The Beauty of Sarah first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Parashat Lech Lecha 5783: The Beauty of Sarah at Elmad Online Learning.

This podcast is sponsored by Suzana and Alan Caro in honor of Rav Meir Schweiger, a master teacher who held up the tradition as a mirror to us to live an ethical and rich life of meaning. Parashat Lech Lecha… Read the rest The post Parashat Lech Lecha 5782: Heeding the Still Small Voice Within first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Parashat Lech Lecha 5782: Heeding the Still Small Voice Within at Elmad Online Learning.

Avraham is both the Idol Smasher and the Harbinger of Justice and Righteousness. The Torah tells us explicitly why Avraham was chosen in Genesis 18:18-19, and the rabbis tell a story intended to explain what qualified him for the job.… Read the rest The post 5781 — Lech Lecha: Why is Avraham Really Chosen? first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading 5781 — Lech Lecha: Why is Avraham Really Chosen? at Elmad Online Learning.

The Torah never presents our great men as being perfect, it deifies no man, says of none “here you have the ideal, in this man the Divine became human.” -Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1800-1888) Our parsha introduces us to two … Read the rest The post The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel — Lech Lecha. Sins and Virtues of our Patriarchs and Matriarchs first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel — Lech Lecha. Sins and Virtues of

A challenging life situation becomes a ‘test’ when it requires making a difficult choice between two values that are both important to us. What are Avraham’s tests in this week’s Torah Portion that force him to painfully decide between competing … Read the rest The post 5780 — Lech Lecha: What We Need Most When We are Tested first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading 5780 — Lech Lecha: What We Need Most When We are Tested at Elmad Online