Hebrew for send, send to you, or send for yourself is the 37th weekly torah portion, parashah pericope in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the fourth in the book of numbers. Nahmanides is the author of commentary on the torah 4. November 9, 2003by ismar schorsch commentary lekh lekha. Lets look again at the events that transpired in abrahams life. May we, too, come to this lifealtering place where we cross over into a new, exciting adventure in our life with him. About this course one of the major spiritual connections kabbalists make on the sabbath is the reading of a weekly bible portion. Sh lach lcha, the weekly torah portion, begins with the story of the spies sent to scout out the land of canaan. God responds to their lack of confidence by punishing them with 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.
Various adventures ensue, including having a child with his wifes servant hagar, but what fascinates me is that it. Lech lecha and abram said to sarai, here, your handmaid is in your hands. Ten of them convince the people that it will be too difficult to conquer the land. They return to canaan with great wealth and abram parts with his nephew lot. In this torah portion, moses sends 12 spies to explore the land of israel. The real secret test of abraham parashat lech lecha duration. Seeing what isnt there shelach lecha 5778 4th june 2018 in philadelphia there lives a gentle, gracious, greyhaired man, by now in his late90s, whom elaine and i have had. Radical uncertainty emor 5780 download the accompanying family edition here. Rht0103, rht0000, abraham, genesis, bereshit, torah, lech lecha, november 2 2014, rabbi henoch dov hoffman index of rabbi hoffmans audio files. We see yahweh choose abraham and sarah and how he caused them to. Nahmanidess most popular book is commentary on the torah. Lech lecha, therefore, is one of the most exciting chapters in the torah first five books of the bible, since it chronicles the adventures of the first hebrew with god. Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parashah, in numbers.
Torah commentary o shelach lecha 3 again, here is the story with only a few added words. Join our standing order book club for the kleinman edition midrash. Books by nahmanides author of commentary on the torah. Abram built an altar there to god who had appeared to him. In the fires of spring, the late prolific american author, james michener, wrote. During the war against amalek, yehoshua served as the commanding officer leading them into battle. The hufftorah is an overview of the torah reading of the week, which is found in the book of numbers.
Avram is instructed to leave charan and travel 400 miles to the land of canaan. Jews read it on the third sabbath after simchat torah, generally in october or november. Of the twelve men sent to bring back a report about the land of israel, only one of themyehoshuahas previously been mentioned in the torah. A commentary on the book of genesis bereishit, noah and part. Andrew solomon is a writer and lecturer on psychology, politics, and the arts. Though he is hidden, he will be magnified and exalted. The author creatively focuses our attention on the events that bring this story to life.
Abram and his wife, sarai, accompanied by his nephew lot, journey to the land of canaan, where abram builds an altar and continues to spread the message of a one g. The shabbos torah reading is divided into 7 sections. God told abram who would later become abraham to leave his native land and his fathers house for a land that god would show him, promising to make of him a great nation, bless him, make his name great, bless those who blessed him, and curse those who cursed him. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. In the commentary chayai sarah we shall discuss in more depth how. Fear of freedom shelach lecha 5779 fear of freedom shelach lecha 5779 the episode of the spies was one of the most tragic in the entire torah.
Preorder here sacks has produced a work of extraordinary depth, beauty, urgency, and erudition. Psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky. And you shall rejoice before the lord your god seven days lev. In this torah portion, god makes a covenant with abram promising to make his descendants a great nation. Nahmanides has 16 books on goodreads with 121 ratings. The author, rabbi yisroel ciner, formerly a rebbe teacher at. Each week, parshainsights expounds upon two or three topics from the weekly parsha. Ten of them report that the land is fruitful, but its cities and countrvside are filled.
The aim is to expose the depth, beauty, warmth and applicability of our torah. Ai a town a little less than two miles east of bethel. Oct 27, 2017 lech lecha and abram said to sarai, here, your handmaid is in your hands. Ten of them report that the land is fruitful, but its cities and countrvside are filled with powerful warriorsgiants. Torah reading, for parashat lech lecha was the bar mitzvah portion each of us chanted in our. Abram defeats the armies of the four kings who had taken his.
Nov 15, 2016 the real secret test of abraham parashat lech lecha duration. A different interpretation of the biblical text sack, gordon on. The commentary is clearly set forth, and cassuto writes very gracefully. Hebrew rootstorah observanceshelach lekka wikibooks. Lech lecha know well that your offspring shall be strangers gerim in a land not theirs, and they shall be enslaved and oppressed 400 years genesis 15. In this weeks torah portion, lech lecha, avraham who started out as avram, but thats a different discussion gets the call from god to leave his homeland and head out west, to the land of canaan. Best known are the three paragraphs of the shema taken from the books of. God appeared to abram and said, i will give this land to your offspring. This weeks torah portion is shlachlecha, which means send for yourself, words which occur in the first sentence of the portion and begin the story of the spies who are sent up to the land of israel. Shlach lcha, the weekly torah portion, begins with the story of the spies sent to scout out the land of canaan.
Vayelech avram kaasher diber elav adonay vayelech ito lot veavram ben chamesh shanim veshivim shanah betseto mecharan. God told abram who would later become abraham to leave his native land and his fathers house for a land that god would show him, promising to make of him a great nation, bless him, make his name great, bless those who blessed him, and curse those who cursed him following gods. A commentary on the book of genesis bereishit, noah and. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Issues that are relevant to every day life are explained and applied, often using stories of great jewish leaders and personal anecdotes and experiences of the author. God then promises abrahams barren wife, sarah, that she will have a child.
The series has the richness of wellwritten literature and the depth of understanding inherent in a commentary. There is something very strange about the festival of succot, of which our parsha is the primary source on the one hand, it is the festival supremely associated with joy it is the only festival in our parsha that mentions rejoicing. The parashah tells the stories of gods calling of abram who would become. Parashat shelachlecha numbers paroshat shelachlecha describes how the twelve spies, each representing a tribe of israel, scout the land of israel. The spies learn to value the power and capability of the israelites through encountering local inhabitants. Due to a famine in the land they temporarily relocate to egypt, where pharaoh unsuccessfully attempts to add sarai to his harem. Over the years, the roman catholic church has had some very strange practices.
Abraham has a child with hagar and names him ishmael. Parashat shlach is the 37th weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading. I am the only one at the family seder table who can read the hebrew side of the hagaddah, but they wont accept me because i. In this weeks parashah, lech lcha, we read a similar imperative to find purpose in life, to listen to and live as your true self. Ten of the spies are scared by what their eyes see and they express their fear in powerful images.
These books are available from eureka editions in a new setting but with. The result is a series of books whose details live and sing. A modern commentary, revised edition hardcover february 28, 2005. Vayera adonay elavram vayomer lezaracha eten ethaarets hazot vayiven sham mizbeach ladonay hanireh elav. He will redeem me with salvation for he is my deliverer. It is identified with the modern beitin, some 10 miles north of jerusalem. Order now uk order now row, except uscanada out in the uscanada on 1st september 2020.
It has taught that communion bread and wine magically turn into the actual blood and body of the savior, and the church once used purgatory as a means of filling its coffers with money. Quiggle holds masters degrees in religion and theology. The first volume part 1 is devoted to the sections from the creation up to noah, and this volume part 2 is devoted to the sections from noah up to and including some of the sections on abraham. Go up since for each aliya, one person goes up to make a bracha blessing on the torah reading. Cassutos commentary on genesis is divided into two volumes. And you shall rejoice before the lord your god seven days lev 23. The new book by rabbi lord jonathan sacks out on 12th march 2020. The beginning books of the bible essential to our understanding of gods redemptive story. And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was rahab and lodged there. You know how important the synagogue is to me, how much i enjoy services, you see me at your torah classes. Karen explains the messages of the portion shlach lecha, and the importance of transforming our lives with certainty and courage. Hebrew rootstorah observanceshelach lekka wikibooks, open. Weekly torah portion summary, questions, resources. Adam and we mentioned in a previous commentary that when sending the israelites to wander in the.
Following noahs life span, the scriptures trace his son shems lineage for ten generations leading to the life of abraham abram. From christina mattison eberts drash designs series. Lech lecha is a jam packed torah portion and we have two animations on it one about abrahams brit, or covenant, with god, and one gorgeous song by stereo sinai that tells the story of a divinely inspired journey through sarahs voice. A commentary on the book of genesis bereishit, noah and part of. As rosabeth moss kanter of the harvard business school writes in her book confidence, leadership is not about the leader, it is about how he or she builds the confidence of everyone else. The torahlechlecha wikibooks, open books for an open world. Shlach, shelach, shlah, shlach lecha, or shlah lkha or. A commentary on the book of genesis bereishit, noah and part of lech lecha hebrew umberto cassuto on. He is the author of several books published in print and electronic media, including.