Why Do We Have To Work? - Parsha Lech Lecha

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] do [Music] good evening tonight's class is graciously dedicated by david and edith schottenstein in the loving memory of a young child of a young child who was killed in a car accident or actually a bus ran her over last monday a week ago in yerushalayim in jerusalem a three and a half year old girl the daughter of rabbi yassi and hindu sword love [Music] [Music] the class is also dedicated by the schottensteins in the sacred memory of rabbi gavriel nayach and rifki holtzberg the chabad ambassadors to mumbai who were struck down in the terror attacks in mumbai last year together with all of the kadasham of mumbai india this evening this evening we are going to explore an intriguing story in the midrash if you would please open up your curriculums to source number one right below the video you have a curriculum a pdf document and please read with me source number one it's from madrish rabba bereshas the portion of parshallamates parshallamates piscatas 39 8 ammar blevi rabbi levy relates the following episode bashar s when abraham was traveling from his native country mesopotamia from his native country mesopotamia where he was born and where he lived which is to the east of the land of israel northern iraq northeast of the land of israel and avraham avinu is traveling he's making his way through the cities aram naharayam and aram nachre which are cities in mesopotamia he sees that the inhabitants are eating drinking and are frivolous and are frivolous omar avram said i wish i don't have a part in this land ladder of tyre avram avinu is now traveling towards the

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