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Parshat Lech Lecha 5784

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Learn about the Parsha

Topics on Lech Lecha

•	Avraham and Chesed
•	Avraham and Lot
•	Avraham and Sedom
•	Avraham's Emunah
•	Avraham's Milah
•	Avraham's Mysterious Beginnings
•	Avram and Sarai's Name Change
•	Avram's Sister Sarah
•	Maaseh Avos Siman L'Banim
•	Sarah's Infertifility
•	The Brit Bein Habitarim
•	The Expulsion of Hagar
•	The Famine
•	The Haftorah of Lech Lecha
•	The Opening of Lech Lecha
•	The Personality of Lot
•	The Story of Malki Tzedek
•	The Tests of Avraham
•	The War of the Kings
•	Yishmael

Lech Lecha and the War in Israel

What lessons does this week's parsha teach us about how to respond to the current situation?

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Moving to Israel

Does Avraham's journey serve as a model for our relationship with the land of Israel?

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Our Claim to the Land of Israel

Learn about the origins of the Jewish ownership of Eretz Yisrael, going back to when Hashem gave it to Avraham.

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The First Kiruv Worker

What does it mean that Avram "made" souls in Haran?

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The Origins of the Brit Milah

Learn about the special covenant that was started with Avraham that continues to define us today.

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New This Week

Recent Shiurim on Lech Lecha

•	Rabbi Yaakov Abramovitz: Kiddush Hashem in Response to War and Hostages
•	Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh: No Such Thing As Impossible
•	Rabbi Yisroel Bloom: Living with Hashem
•	Rabbi Reuven Boshnack: Channeling the Unique Power of Avraham in a World Gone Crazy
•	Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Love of the Land of Israel
•	Rabbi Dan Cohen: Experiencing the Tough Times Using Avraham Avinu's Eyes and Ears
•	Rabbi Tanchum Cohen: Keys to Learning Sefer Bereishis
•	Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: The Ethics of War and The Values and Future of the Jewish People
•	Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: Features of The Land of Israel
•	Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: We Can Convince Ourselves of Anything
•	Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich: An Impossible Nation, Then and Now
•	Rabbi Daniel Fridman: Halakhic Considerations in Redeeming Captives
•	Morah Stacey Goldman: Avraham, Sarah, and Hamas?
•	Rabbi Yamin Goldsmith: A Personal G-d
•	Rabbi Meir Goldwicht: Miluim: The Key to Achieving Completion
•	Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb: "Avraham the Baal Chesed" Becomes "Avraham the Warrior"
•	Rabbi Gedaliah Jaffe: The Bris of Avraham & Yishmael
•	Rabbi Ari Kahn: Avraham's Coronation
•	Mrs. Emma Katz: To The Land That I Will Show You
•	Rabbi Shaya Katz: When a Brother is in Captivity
•	Rabbi Shua Katz: Bentching on a Cup of Wine
•	Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: The Hidden Potential of Am Yisrael
•	Rabbi Yoni Mandelstam: Standing for Hashem Even When Standing Alone
•	Rabbi Chaim Marcus: What Rochel Learned From Avraham And Teaches Us
•	Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger: The Chronology of Parshas Lech Lecha
•	Rabbi Shay Schachter: Staying in Eretz Yisrael - Living a Life Filled With Personal Sacrifices
•	Mrs. Shira Smiles: Hagar's Hope[lessness]
•	Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg: Pursuing the Right Things for the Right Reasons
•	Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Avraham's Meeting with the King of Sedom and Malkitzedek

Recent Articles on Lech Lecha

•	Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: Israel and Mazal
•	Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Avraham the Warrior
•	Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald: A Scriptural Assessment of Lot
•	Mrs. Michal Horowitz: To Journey Home
•	Rabbi Norman Lamm: A Jewish Dilemma: Doing Business with the Russians
•	Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman: Moral Intuitions
•	Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Religion Yes, But Not the Land of Israel
•	Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: The Deeds of our Ancestors

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