Lekh Lekha | Vayikra BeShem Hashem: Avraham's Altars

KMTT - the Torah Podcast · Nov 3, 2022 · 33m

Lekh Lekha | Vayikra BeShem Hashem: Avraham's Altars

Upon his arrival in the Land, Avra(ha)m builds a מזבח; he then builds another one where he sets up his camp and there, he "calls out Hashem's Name"; he sets up another מזבח when he settles in חברון and then, again, calls out in Hashem's name at Beer Sheva, without building a מזבח. How are we to understand the purpose of these altars - which are inherently meant for offerings? We also note that each of these acts is followed by a challenge, a calamity or a threat - until he builds his final מזבח, atop Har haMoriah, and he offers up an animal…