As I pen this blog, permit me to reflect upon my glorious visit to the state of Israel for the Yom Tov of Succot.To be in Eretz Yesrael especially at this time is the ultimate experience of being Omed L'ifnei Hashem. As I approached the Kotel with my Esrog and Lulav, proudly in my hands preparing to make the Naanium as I recite Hodu Lhashem, in singing praise to G-D for all the good that He bestows upon us.
As I begin to study this weeks Parsha of Lech Lecha and hear the words of Hashem to Avraham , to leave his country and his fathers house and to go to a new country that Hashem will direct him, we get the feeling that though Avraham followed the word of G-D , he must have had some worry to take such a giant leap of faith and give everything up to find and to live in a distant Promised land. Avraham with his great faith in Hashem takes the trip and everything that follows is history.
Permit me to share with you a thought on what I believe was the motivational reasoning behind Hashem’s request to Avraham and more so why Avraham stepped into such an important role of becoming the Av Hamon Goyim.
The life of a Jew is never to be satisfied with his accomplisments , but more so he must continue to aspire to greater heights in his spiritual quests. In Jewish life we must strive to bring Yahadut to the world and more so to our Judaic Bretheren. It was to this end that Hashem selected Avraham to be the bearer of the message of monotheism to the world. It all started with the direction to Avraham of לך לך , go from your homeland to the place where I shall show you and bring this message of
G-Dliness to the people of Canaan. We need to always realize in that Hashems selection of Avraham was not because he was a great warrior or conqueror, but rather because he was a revolutionist who attempted to transform the world of idolatry into an oasis of spirituality. It was such a man that Hashem said לך go out, it is not enough that you believe, your religion must have a wider background than your parochial associations. That is why Hashem took Avraham outside and directed him to look heavenward - into the open - out from his tents - out from his home, to emphasize that now was the time to spread the monotheistic message to the world - now was the time for G-dliness to enter every vestige of our lives and for all to see the beauty and the enhancing affect that it can have on our lives.
This is the message of Avraham. This is the message that I felt when I visited the Kevoros of our beloved Patriachs and Matriachs in Hebron. A message that we must not allow our religion and our Faith in G-D to become limited and confined. We must live a life of לך and to go beyond ourselves -outside of our own ego - outside of our Daled Amos and become emissaries of Hashem to the world. Like Avraham, this can only be realized when our relationship to one another is based upon Chesed and love, two ingredients that will herald a more glorious time for עם ישראל, and will herald the ביאת גואל צדק, and a time of Peace and Tranquilty for the land of Israel.
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