Go Forth To Your Deeper Self by Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer
Lech Lecha, Genesis 12-17:27
The opening scripture of this week’s Torah portion Lech Lecha, “Go forth from your native land, from your kindred, and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” (Gen. 12:1) has a number of different translations and meanings. In the literal translation of the text, God calls Abram (this takes place before his name is changed to […]