Parshas Lech Lecha - A Challenge for Generations | Rabbi Eliyohu Meir Schmeltzer

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At the beginning of Parshas Lech L'cha, the Eibishter appears to Avraham Avinu and tells him, "Lech l'cha me'artzecha, u'mimolad'techa, u'mibeis avicha el ha'aretz asher areka." This is listed as one of the asarah nisyonos that Avraham Avinu was challenged with that made Avraham who he was. The question is asked, why is this considered such a large nisayon? Avraham Avinu had no children. He may not have been a rich man yet, and he was not known to the people yet. And the Eibishter promises him fame, wealth, children, just change him fame, wealth, children, just change your location. Is that such a big nisayon? Who wouldn't want to do that if he could be rewarded with fame, riches, and children, heritage, ancestry, lineage, future? One of the answers given is the following by Rav Shmuel Birnbaum, zichron tzaddik livracha. Imagine the following story. Rav Moshe Feinstein, who is probably gifted with ruach hakodesh, for all we know. And the Eibishter appears to Rav Moshe Feinstein, the tzaddik hador, the masmid hador, the posek hador, the godol hador,

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1. 0:08At the beginning of Parshas Lech L'cha, the Eibishter appears to Avraham Avinu and tells him,…
2. 0:38him fame, wealth, children, just change your location. Is that such a big nisayon? Who wouldn't…
3. 1:08hador, the posek hador, the godol hador, and says, "Listen, Rav Moshe. Till now, you've been…
4. 1:39you're going to be oved Hashem." Rav Moshe Feinstein hears this message. Could you imagine the…
5. 2:14and they used to tell them I want you to take on a whole new picture.…
6. 2:44but Avraham Avinu did it and that the to change his lifestyle to take on a…
7. 3:15go take on that challenge and overcome that challenge just as Avraham Avinu had bequeathed to…

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