{"id":24416,"date":"2025-10-29T16:42:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btfila.org\/?p=24416"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:04:09","slug":"lechlecha5786","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btfila.org\/en\/lechlecha5786\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Lech Lecha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24416\" class=\"elementor elementor-24416\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5244c15 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5244c15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4505bd2\" data-id=\"4505bd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17775bc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17775bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Words for Shabbat - A community blog for this week&#039;s parashah<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-337e047 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"337e047\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5edbf9e\" data-id=\"5edbf9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b34f220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b34f220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parashat Lech Lecha<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5e2ab6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5e2ab6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dab24f6\" data-id=\"dab24f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a512b0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a512b0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><h2 dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A journey of choice, identity, and alliance<\/strong><\/h2><div dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: center;\">By Brigitte Bigard<\/div><div dir=\"RTL\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"RTL\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24419 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2-1536x640.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><div dir=\"RTL\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was asked a few weeks ago to write a \u201cdvar Torah\u201d on the parasha Lech Lecha and I think this is from HaChem for two reasons : \n1)\tThis parasha is, I think, the one my eldest son read for his Bar-Mitzvah,\n2)\tThis is a very meaningfull parashah for me because I made aliyah 17 years ago and the two words \u201cLech Lecha\u201d echoe in my heart.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The command that God commands Abram at the beginning of the parsha is made up of three parts: \u201cfrom your land,\u201d \u201cfrom your native land,\u201d and \u201cfrom your father\u2019s house.\u201d At first glance, the meaning of \u201cland\u201d and \u201cnative land\u201d may seem similar, but from a study of the previous parsha, we can understand the difference: Terah, Abram\u2019s father, set out from Ur of the Chaldeans on his way to Canaan with his family, but stopped along the way and settled in Haran. Hence, \u201cyour land\u201d refers to Haran \u2013 Abram\u2019s current place of residence, and \u201cyour native land\u201d refers to Ur of the Chaldeans \u2013 the place where he was born.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The injunction Avram receives contains three different terms and it\u2019s important to understand each of them. \nG-d says : Go from your land, from your birth\u2019s place and from your father\u2019s house.\nAt first sight it\u2019s difficult to understand the difference between the land and the birthplace.\nThe answer is in the precedent parasha : At one point (and we have no explanation why) Avram\u2019s father, Terach, decided to go to Cana\u2019an and left Ur Kasdim . But he stopped on his way to Cana\u2019an and settled down in  Haran with Avram and Avram\u2019s wife, Sara\u00ef, and Haran\u2019s son, Lot after Haran died.  Haran was Avram\u2019s brother. Another brother decided to stay in Ur Kasdim. \nAnd now we get to our Parashah : \u201cyour land\u201d is Haran and \u201cyour birth\u2019s place\u201d is Ur Kasdim. \nThe order to get out from \u201cyour father\u2019s house\u201d is more difficult to understand because normally the family would stay in the same place. Howcome Avram is told to leave his old father who has lost one of his sons ?\nIt might be considered as cruel, but in fact if Avram is to fulfill his mission, he has to quit his ancestors and the countries where he used to live. He has to create a new path, a new life, a new \u201cbrit\u201d and he has to get rid of the past. \nIf I may relate this to my personal life I can testify that it is quite difficult, when you\u2019re a grown up to leave and create something else in your life. You have to look forward and you cannot maintain bounds with the past. You have to build a separation between your new life and what you did in the past and this is why, maybe, G-d asked Avram to leave the past behind him and to go to where He would tell him. \nG-d is testing Avram\u2019s capacity to believe in Him and to obey eventhough he has to go to a place he doesn\u2019t know . As we know G-d will test Avram later on when He asked him to kill Itzhak.\nAs there are a number of very interesting subjects in this parasha, I choose to add a few comments on the last subjects, namely the circumcision and the change of names. \nOnce again HaChem gives Avram (who became Avraham) an order impossible to understand\u2026 HaChem wants from Avraham an unquestioning obedience. \nAnd not only has Abraham to circumcise himself but his sons and all the male inhabitants of his house!\nGod explains that this will be a binding sign between Adona\u00ef on one hand and Avraham and his descendants on the other hand.\nJust before this injunction, God promised to Avraham to give him a very large lineage and the possession of the country he settled in, namely Canaan. \nWhat is the relation between the circumcision and the possession of Canaan ? There is no explanation in the Tanah, so let\u2019s elaborate:\nGod chooses a man, Avram. He asks him to quit his fatherland, his family and to settle down in a foreign country. And then he promises him to give him and his descendants this country. At this time Avram has a son named Ismael but he is the son of a servant, Agar. And God means that Sara\u00ef will become a mother and her identity will change : her name will be Sarah when she becomes a mother. And Avram\u2019s name was also changed and became Avraham.\nEach one of this founding couple got a \u201che\u201d in their name. We know that this letter is very important : it appears twice in the name of God and it gives the couple a sacred meaning : Both Avraham and Sarah are to be devoted to God and God\u2019s reward is enormous : a descendance and a country !\nSo we have two distinctive signs of the alliance between God and this couple : a physical sign for the man, namely the circumcision and for both of them a sacred letter added to their name: their identity has changed ! They have to behave the way God asks them. They have to carry the responsibility of creating a Nation devoted to God. \nOne could ask : Why is there no distinctive physical sign between God and Sarah ?\nMy opinion is that to become a mother is enough and Sarah knows that this is a miracle: she is too old after the human rules to become pregnant\u2026That\u2019s why in the future of Am Israel women do not need another sign than to become mother in order to be related to God. \nAm Israel Ha\u00ef<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From my own experience of immigration, I can attest to how difficult it is, as an adult, to leave and build a new life. This process requires looking ahead and a certain renunciation of what was in the past. Perhaps this was God\u2019s message to Abraham: to be the \u201cfather of the nation,\u201d he must free himself from old meanings and step into an unknown future with full faith.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later in the parsha, God commands Abraham to perform the commandment of circumcision. Here too, it is a commandment that does not seem logical, and requires absolute obedience. Circumcision constitutes a physical and permanent sign of the covenant between Abraham and his seed and his God. Once again, God gives Abraham a commandment that is difficult to understand from a human perspective\u2014unquestioning obedience, not only regarding himself but also regarding his sons and all the men in his household.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before this command, God promises Abraham two foundational promises: a land \u2013 the land of Canaan where he lives \u2013 and a great seed. However, at this point Abraham only has one son, Ishmael, the son of Hagar. God announces that Sarai, his wife, will bear him a son, and her name will be changed to Sarah. Abram&#039;s name is also changed to Abraham. The letter H is added to both \u2013 a letter of high spiritual significance, which appears twice in the name of God. The change of name signifies a change of identity and a new mission: a couple who are committed to raising up a people dedicated to their God.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, two different and complementary signs of the covenant are established: one \u2013 physical, in Abraham and his male offspring; and the other \u2013 identity, which appears in the change of names Abraham and Sarah. They are committed from now on to bear the responsibility of creating a people dedicated to God \u2013 this is their new mission.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here a natural question arises: Why is there no physical sign of covenant with Sarah, as was given to Abraham? In my opinion, the very fact that Sarah becomes a mother is in itself a divine miracle\u2014and also a profound sign of covenant. Sarah knows very well that at her age it is not natural to give birth; therefore, for women, the very ability to be mothers is the sign of a connection with God. There is no need for an additional sign.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two components \u2013 embarking on a new path and signing a covenant \u2013 shape the initial Jewish identity: belonging to the land and belonging to the faith. The journey of Abraham and Sarah is a process of personal and national identity that is realized in future generations, and continues to exist since then to this day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am israel Hai<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18163f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18163f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bc5f99\" data-id=\"7bc5f99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7416e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"e7416e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/btfila.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u05d1\u05d4\u05e7\u05e4\u05d5\u05ea-13.10.25-\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd-\u05de\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9-\u05d2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d2-361-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d2&#039;\u05d9\u05d8 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d2\u05d0\u05e8\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrigitte Bigard\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brigitte Bigard divides her life between Israel and Paris-Geneva, and is involved in distributing the anthology &quot;Seven&quot; - which she translated into French. She leads an initiative to write poetry for teenagers affected by the war. A devoted grandmother, a lover of art and classical music, and a frequent reader in French, English and Hebrew.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigitte Bigar on the Lech Lech affair, leaving and home<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[247],"class_list":["post-24416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly_parasha","tag-247"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05dc\u05da \u05dc\u05da - Beit Tefilah Israeli - 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