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 ...

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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 that the bearer would come to embody. The multi-layered command “Lech ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Lech lecha – Go forth from your land – your birthplace – and the house of your father – to the land that I will show you (Bereshis 12:1)” [Please note that some details of the true story that follows ...