LEAVING HOME
At the beginning of Lech Lecha, God instructs Abraham to leave his country, his birthplace, and his father’s home. Rabbi Dunner shares a question generated by this instruction: who is still in their father’s home at the age of 75?! Abraham was 75 years old, surely he was fully independent? The answer is both revealing and critical to understanding who Abraham was, and what God wanted from him.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In his 2015 book, Lessons in Leadership, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote: “Leaders must have the strength to know what they cannot be if they... Read More