{"id":2485,"date":"2016-11-13T14:29:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2485"},"modified":"2016-11-13T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:29:45","slug":"lech-lecha-5777","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2485","title":{"rendered":"Lech Lecha (5777)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drash Cards for Lech Lecha (5777)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>By Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>I usually do not read verbatim things others have written, but this came from Chabad.org 8 Nov\/7 Chesvan and I think it is worth reading<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Chabad-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2484\" src=\"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Chabad-2-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"chabad\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Chabad-2-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Chabad-2-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Chabad-2.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now the drash<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This month is called Mar Chesvan \u2013 bitter Chesvan \u2013 by Chabad Chadisism because of the lack of holidays that allow us to get closer to God. And in some sense the comedown is even greater, to wit:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The fifth Rebbe noted that Bereshit is a mixed sidra \u2013 we have the creation of the world, but the first ever murder (taking one generation before it happened!) and an unpleasant ending. Noach has the flood and Tower of Babel, but Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber says that it \u201cends on a happy note with the birth of our father Avraham\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>He then says \u201cThe really joyous week is that of parshat Lech L\u2019cha. We live every day of the week with Avraham, the first to dedicate his very life to spreading Godliness in the world\u201d. This is Avraham\u2019s inheritance to all Jews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lech Lecha: \u201cGo, go yourself\u201d. Let\u2019s think globally and act locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Think Globally<\/u>. At Psalms some weeks ago, Tammi made a comment about the numbers of people following ethical monotheism. That intrigued me and I found the numbers as of 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Christianity \u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.2 billion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a032%<\/p>\n<p>Islam\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.6 billon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a022.3%<\/p>\n<p>Judaism\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14 million \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a00.2%<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thus, although we still have much work to do to achieve Abraham\u2019s dream of worldwide chesed, the children of Abraham broadly defined broadly represent more than 50% of the people in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the book <em>Future Tense<\/em>, Jonathan Sacks notes that Abraham\u2019s message is one of universality and diversity: there is one God, who created all people, and there are many ways to pray to God. Indeed, long before we have the Torah, we have the Noahide laws, given to all the world:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Prohibition of idolatry; 2) Prohibition of blasphemy and cursing the name of God; \u00a03) Prohibition of murder; 4) Prohibition on robbery and theft; 5) Prohibition of forbidden sexual relations; 6) Prohibition on removing and eating a limb of a live animal; and 7) Requirement to establish a justice system and courts to enforce the other \u00a0six laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are mentioned in the 1991 version of the Congressional Bill in honor of the Rebbe, Education and Sharing Day, which says \u201cethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sacks makes a compelling argument that the message of universality and diversity is why tyrants of all sorts cannot stand Jews \u2013 because a tyrant almost by definition sees only one way to do things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Act locally<\/u>. This is kind of an extension of my YK appeal, without asking you for any more money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How many of you were born in Santa Cruz. When writing this, I guess no more than 2. All of us have taken ourselves from the home of our parents and come to Santa Cruz. What have we done?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We have created a lay lead congregation with energy, commitment to genuine davenning, and a zeal for learning. A congregation for us, but &#8212; equally important &#8212; for anyone who walks through those doors seeking connection with God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In doing so we continue the work that Abraham started with the command from God Lech-Lecha. Let\u2019s keep going.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drash Cards for Lech Lecha (5777) \u00a0By Marc Mangel \u00a0I usually do not read verbatim things others have written, but this came from Chabad.org 8 Nov\/7 Chesvan and I think it is worth reading &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0 Now the drash This month is called Mar Chesvan \u2013 bitter Chesvan \u2013 by Chabad Chadisism because of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2485\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2485","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2485","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=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2485\/revisions\/2486"}],"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=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}