I recently saw the film, “In Her Shoes,” and was inspired by the personal transformation of the sister played by Cameron Diaz. This character had the courage to break old habits, leave her past and re ...

“Lech lecha me’artzecha… Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you” (Bereishit/Genesis 12:1). With these words, God calls Abram into ...

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In this week's Parsha we read the inspiring story about Avraham waking up one day, hearing G-d's voice, packing everything up, and leaving everything behind to go to the land of Israel. "Go forth from ...

The words “Lech Lecha” are the first words that Avraham Avinu has ever heard from G-d: “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you” ...

And the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.” I love imagining and reading our biblical characters as ...

Avram our forefather comes from a Zionist family. The journey to the Land of Israel had already begun by his father, Terah, when the situation in Ur of the Chaldeans became unbearable: “… Terah took ...