Lech Lecha - לך לך : "Go out"
Torah : Genesis 12:1-17:27
Haftarah : Isaiah 40:27-41:16
Gospel : Matthew 5-7

Thought for the Week:

Husbands ... live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. (1 Peter 3:7)

Commentary:

So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. (Genesis 16:2)

Maimonides says that the long wait for the birth of a promised son was Abraham's fifth great test of faith. Abraham's wife, Sarah, had no hope of having children. Her child-bearing years were gone. Like many women in her position, her thoughts turned to consider adoption. She had a handmaid named Hagar who was young and fertile. "The best solution," Sarah ...