Weekly Reading – לֶךְ-לְךָ– Lech Lecha – Go Forth! ; Genesis 12:1-17:27 ; Isaiah 40:27-41:16
Abraham and Sara leave their homeland without knowing where their path will lead. They have no children, yet God promises them a great nation. Between divine promise and human reality lie doubt, fear, and years of waiting. In her reflection on the Parasha Lech Lecha and the Haftara from Isaiah, Anat Schneider shows why true faith does not mean knowing the future, but trusting God even when no path is yet visible.
Immediately before God calls out to Abraham: “Go,” the Bible tells us one single thing about Sara: “Now Sarai was barren; she had no child” (Genesis 11:30). The story of Abraham could have begun with the great call to leave his homeland and set out into the unknown. But the Bible wants us to first learn something about the life from which Abraham and Sara are departing. They are no longer young, they have no children, and the prospect of a family to carry their story forward seems to...
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