HaShem created out of nothing energy that concentrated into matter (according to latest scientific thought), which no man or angel can do. HaShem instilled into man the ability to change that which exists, but man cannot return existence into nothingness, nor can man turn nothingness into existence. Yet, HaShem’s deeds surpass even that, for HaShem causes good to emerge from evil.
This week’s topics are:
A: FAREWELL TO OUR HOLY MOTHER SARAH
B: GLOBAL WARMING
C: WHAT IF….
Our paraha reveals that Avraham was a man of faith, courage, and Jewish pride. Is there a leader such as Avraham today?
Over the past 3,500 years, the Jews are the only people to have ruled over the land of Israel as a sovereign state. Let’s take a brief glimpse into history.
In the staccato cadence of ongoing events in parashat Lech Lecha, one might easily overlook a character who stealthily appears in the background. It is like a seemingly bit-part actor among the stars, while it later becomes apparent that he is, in fact, the dominant character. Who is this mystery man?
Today we see the unrelenting, ardent acceleration of every factor in our lives: medical research, technology, physiology, surgery, astronomy, worldwide online meetings, etc. Is there something special about our time that is causing the rush to complete things?
Sukkot was different that year because Reb Yisrael had learned from his rabbi that one of the reasons for residing temporarily in a sukkah is in case one’s destiny was decided on Rosh HaShana to be expulsion into galut.
