Parshah • November 2022
Lech Lecha – Threshold for Growth
Life’s tests aren’t there to destroy us but to strengthen and advance our growth as with Abraham. And as we see also with the soul’s descent into a body.
Life’s tests aren’t there to destroy us but to strengthen and advance our growth as with Abraham. And as we see also with the soul’s descent into a body.
Yitzhak and Yishmael are a reflection of their respective mothers. Hagar, Yishmael’s mother is an intellectual and insightful woman. But Yitzhak’s mother is a seer of high order. The two…
Abraham was instructed to leave home and change the face of the world. He achieved this not only by travelling extensively and influencing others, but also by searching deeply within…
Ostensibly the phrase Lech Lecha means ‘trek out into the wide yonder’. Abraham is sent on a mission. But the destination is left vague. Only the origin of the journey…
Abraham not only re-formed the path of spiritual intimacy called monotheism, but through his actions he paved that road to make it easier for us to walk on and enjoy…
Abraham was instructed to leave home and change the face of the world. He achieved this not only by travelling extensively and influencing others, but also by searching deeply within…
Leaving home is the beginning of our quest into the world. The soul has 9 such worldly quests and each one is a true test of resolve.
• Abraham is told to leave his land (environment), birthplace (genetic predisposition), father’s house (home modelling). • One can overcome all three through the neuroplasticity of the brain