Avraham Was 75, I'm 30: The Promised Land, a Famine & the Israeli Elections
In this episode:
Lech Lecha (Bereishit 12:1): Leaving your homeland, birthplace, and family for an uncertain future.
Avraham at 75 (12:4): Why it's never too late for a defining new chapter.
The famine (12:10): Why arriving in the Promised Land didn't mean an easy life, with insights from Rashi and Ramban.
Tanya, Chapter 28: The Alter Rebbe's analogy of two people wrestling, and why resistance can intensify during spiritual progress.
The perfume Midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 39:2): Discovering that moving somewhere new doesn't require becoming someone else.
Avraham HaIvri (14:13; Bereishit Rabbah…
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