{"id":1152,"date":"2015-04-23T01:31:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1152"},"modified":"2015-05-04T01:22:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T01:22:39","slug":"lech-lecha-5774","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1152","title":{"rendered":"Lech Lecha (5774)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Lech Lecha (5774)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 Consider this situation: a formerly observant person has dropped out (make the descent as big as you like) and now needs help. What do we do?<\/p>\n

\u2022 The answer is why the story of Lot is in the Torah. In Ch 12, v 5: Abram takes Sarai, Lot and other (believers). But in Ch 13, v 1: Abram takes Sarai, all that he had, and Lot.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Leaving Haran, Lot is integral. \u00a0Leaving Egypt, there are two separate families –> they could not dwell together (Ch 13, v 6-8)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Midrash is that the conflict between Abram’s world view and one who wished to be part of it but did not really fully share the principles: Lot instructed his shepherds to steal and that was the breaking \u00a0point<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lot goes to Sedom (Ch 13, 10-13) and we know happens. He is rescued twice (Ch 14, v 12ff<\/p>\n

\u2022 But then what happens? \u00a0Abram saves him. \u00a0Why? Because of the spark of holiness in Lot.<\/p>\n

\u2022 What about our situation? We should be like Abraham. And that will be hard!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Lech Lecha (5774) by Marc Mangel \u2022 Consider this situation: a formerly observant person has dropped out (make the descent as big as you like) and now needs help. What do we do? \u2022 The answer is why the story of Lot is in the Torah. In Ch 12, v 5: Abram … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions\/1153"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}