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From Ayeka to Lech Lecha: Finding Our True Selves

Discover how bechira shapes our connection to Hashem—a thought for Parashas Lech Lecha. Print and enjoy over Shabbos.

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Nov 08, 2024
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There is a famous Rashi at the beginning of Bereishis that quotes a Midrash: Rabbi Yitzchak asks why the Torah begins with the story of Creation rather than the first mitzvah given to Israel, "This month shall be unto you the first of the months"1. The Midrash answers that if the nations of the world accuse Israel of unjustly seizing the land of the seve…

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