Posts Tagged: Lech Lecha sermon
Parshat Lech-Lecha: We Must Make the Best of a Sometimes Dark World
After the Torah chapters that describe stages of early humanity, we come to Abraham (Avram) and the beginning of the monotheism we recognize. God tells...
Parshat Lech Lecha: The Torah and Conformity
Leaders lead. That does not mean to say that they do not follow. But what they follow is different from what most people follow. They...
The Bible and the Demonization of Social Media
In his seminal 1869 essay "The Subjection of Women," the celebrated 19th-century British social philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote, “So long as an opinion is...
Parshat Lech Lecha: Fight the Flames of Evil
Why Abraham? That is the question that haunts us when we read the opening of this week’s parsha. Here is the key figure in the...
Parshat Lech Lecha: Having the Strength to Move Forward Alone
Within the first words that God addresses to the bearer of a new covenant, there are already hints as to the nature of the heroism...
How to Be a Jewish Parent
The most influential man who ever lived does not appear on any list I have seen of the 100 most influential men who ever lived. He...
