Parsha:

Lech Lecha 

Collections: R' Brander 4 Minute Video Series

Description

A quick look at the news can make even Pollyanna cynical. Behaviors in the face of looming US elections, political mayhem in Israel, irresponsible actions of some communities in the face of the pandemic, refusing to take safety precautions or revering Jewish custom at the expense of Jewish law and values. The easiest course of action is, of course, to give up on people instead of trying to engage them; to insulate ourselves and withdrawal while the world turns – and burns – around us. The Torah provides us with two paradigms for approaching this issue in the different narratives of Noach and Avraham.