Could Abraham leave temporarily to escape the famine in Egypt and still have faith in the bigger picture and in God? Towards the end of this week’s Torah portion we come across a very peculiar story.
During the events of Parshat Lech Lecha, our patriarch, Abraham, the father of monotheism, is given wine and bread after a military victory by a righteous leader from Jerusalem. What is the point of this simple feast? Rabbi Ari Segal, head of school at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles and a former advisor for