Parshas Lech Lecha
Shabbos Times
Erev Shabbos
Shabbos Day
Plag HaMincha
6:28pm
Latest time for Shema
9:39am
Candle Lighting
7:35pm
Shabbos Ends
8:38pm
Shkiya
7:52pm
Shaarei Youth - Shabbos Riddles
When can a person be called to the Torah for 3 successive aliyos on the
same day?
Which Posuk in the Torah is read the most frequently? (not different
Pesukim with the same words and not repetitions on Simchas Torah)
Which two people are called brothers but weren't?
Which article of clothing appears in this parsha, but nowhere else in the
Torah?
Aside from Avrohom and Sorah, who else in the Sefer Bereishis is given a
new name? (3 answers)
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Short Vort on the Parsha
When Avraham was ninety nine, Hashem appeared to him and "introduced"
Himself: "I am Keil Shad-dai" (ibid. 17:1). Rashi explains that the root of
this Name of Hashem is "dai" - sufficient. In other words, this name conveys
the idea that "My Infiniteness suffices [to relate] to every person."
Rav Wolbe elaborates on this concept. Hashem relates to each person
according to their spiritual level regardless of how great or minimum it
might be. He gives to each person and also demands from them according to
their abilities. A young boy of thirteen is also commanded to fulfil the
most lofty and demanding mitzvah of cleaving to Hashem ( ובו תדבק). From the
youngest of the young to the oldest of the old, every person has the ability
to cleave to Hashem - on their individual level.
Rav Yeruchom Levovitz zt"l compared this concept to a postcard that he once
saw that had the entire Tehillim written on it in microprint. Every single
chapter was there, down to the tip of the smallest letter. In a similar
vein, every person contains Hashem's Godliness, just in microform. In the
spiritual sense, he has everything he needs to accomplish his purpose in
life, down to the minutest detail. Accordingly, Rav Yeruchom would exhort
his disciples not to wear "borrowed clothing." In other words, one should
not dress himself with the behaviour of others; rather, one should wear the
perfectly tailored conduct that Hashem wants and expects of him.