Lech L’cha (Genesis 12:1−17:27)
This Week’s Torah Portion: Lech L’cha – לָךְ-לְךָ (Genesis 12:1−17:27)
“Adonai had said to Abram, ‘Go from … to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation’”; Adonai’s first calling to our first Ancestor is to become a great Nation!
Since the time of Abraham, the Jew has always related personhood to peoplehood. We are part of a people; for Jews, participation in sacred community is the path to ultimate meaning.