Shabbat

Portion Lech Lecha

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Portion Lech Lecha - Abraham inside and outside and the Other Side

He was known as "from the other side":

"Ivri " - to G d ,

Ivri to Us (from this parsha) ,

and the Archaeologists translated papyrii talking of the "apiru".

He stood across from all the idol worshippers of the world.

So Abraham comea to Canaan - from across the river

Who was he before - and them after he arrives?

Rav Hirshler explains the word "nah tah tee " in the portion - given - to Abraham:

That Israel is ours already from the 6 days of creation - given to us by Divine Design - and just being here changes us. And Abraham?

But what did Hashem give us exactly?

According to Rabbi moshe tzvi neriya, for Avram Abinu,

The obvious Holiness was not yet clear.

But Rav Hirshler

says it dependss on US seeing

The Holiness

So what did our ancestor Avram

(Abraham in English)

see?

Only the hidden holiness

And he gloried in the secret holinesd

And built an alter to worship the Almighty

But later G-d says

"Traverse the Land"

After he travelled the Land

Its Holiness was clear - despite the challenges

so when did Abraham change - or did he

Or was Torah and G d revealed to him early on? Maybe he is our forfather because he didn't have to change.

Just open his eyes

And see the potential

For growing a Holy People

He was the First in History to do Major Kindness and Morality

Just read our Torah! Others Wage war - while Abraham teaches kindness and rescues people

He is the great Role Model of Judaism

And for humanity

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz