{"id":2284,"date":"2016-02-10T22:35:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2284"},"modified":"2016-02-10T22:35:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:35:57","slug":"lech-lecha-5764","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2284","title":{"rendered":"Lech Lecha (5764)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Lech Lecha (5764)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 Why “Lech lecha” rather than “Lech” — why “Go. Go” instead of “Go”?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lech implies physical movement; adding Lecha includes spiritual and intellectual engagement<\/p>\n

\u2022 It is not enough to go to the new land, but to one must engage oneself.<\/p>\n

\u2022 There’s a difference between knowing the path to walk and walking that path.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The land will be revealed to Avram as he traverses it — this is the start of the covenant that is concluded at Sinai.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Another interpretation: \u00a0Born or choose to be Jewish: Lech . \u00a0Accumulated knowledge and daily practice: Lecha — since this defines who we are spiritually<\/p>\n

\u2022 Part of the journey for us is not just spiritual but physical and going to Israel — going to the promised land is part of the spiritual journey. \u00a0So plan to visit Israel this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Lech Lecha (5764) by Marc Mangel \u2022 Why “Lech lecha” rather than “Lech” — why “Go. Go” instead of “Go”? \u2022 Lech implies physical movement; adding Lecha includes spiritual and intellectual engagement \u2022 It is not enough to go to the new land, but to one must engage oneself. \u2022 There’s a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2284","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=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2285,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2284\/revisions\/2285"}],"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=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}