“I Am Nothing but Dust and Ashes”
Abraham was the first patriarch. The first two letters of his name in Hebrew (אַבְרָהָם) actually mean “father” (אָב). Abraham had a special connection with...
Category : Lech Lecha
Gematria Shorts for Lech Lecha 5783
Samson’s mother is one of the four women described in the Bible as “barren.” The sages reveal that her name was “Tzalelphonit” (צַלְלְפוֹנִית). The value...
Lech Lecha: Abraham's First Steps
Rabbi Ginsburgh's discusses Abraham's first trials....
Lech Lecha: Conversion: The Torah of Mashiach
What is the true meaning of the time of Mashiach and how should we understand the fact that in our own times, well into the...
Abraham: Illuminating the World
The world was shrouded in darkness for 19 generations, until Abraham began to illuminate it. Darkness is not only a symbol for a state in...
The Inner Meaning of Infertility
Barren Women The first barren woman in the Bible was Sarah. In fact, not only was she barren, but she was also "without child". The sages...
Teaching Torah to the World: An Opportunity that Cannot be Missed
Rabbi Abahu said in the name of Rabbi Elazar: Why was Abraham punished with having his offspring enslaved in Egypt for 210 years? Because he...
How to Elevate Sparks in Three Steps
A Chassidic Perspective on the Torah portion of Lech Lecha Abraham’s Descent for the Sake of Ascent At the beginning of the Torah portion of...
Truth and Beauty – Parashat Lech Lech
Loving-kindness bridges the gap between Abraham’s penchant for truth and Sarah’s beauty At the end of Parashat Noah, we read about Abraham’s birth, but apart...
The All-Encompassing South
In some of our previous articles this year (5774), we offered a few two-word phrases that carry the initials ע”ד (that have a numerical value...
