By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: The מדרש brings that יצחק ××‘×™× ×• prayed to Hashem – ” If a person goes through life without any יסורין ( trials and tribulations), it will be more difficult for him in the next world, as his sins have accumulated against him.” Hashem answered, “You have […]
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By Rabbi David Cohen: And Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to bewail her. (23:2) The sequence of events in the parashah seems out of order. One would think that the first reaction to hearing the news of someone’s sudden passing would be weeping. Only later, after the emotion of […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: This weekly portion starts with Hashem appearing to Avraham Avinu while he was sitting by the door of his tent. The Torah doesn’t record if Hashem had any message for him. It seems Hashem just came to see him. The rabbis explain that since Avraham had […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shalom, Parashat לך לך takes place when Avraham Avinu enters ×רץ ישר×ל. Soon after, there’s a famine and he is forced to go down to Egypt where HaShem performs miracles for him and he heads back to ×רץ ישר×ל with heavy cattle and much wealth. A […]