Parshas Lech Lecha: Yishuv Eretz Yisrael vs. Kibbud Av V'Eim | Weekly Shiur by Rav Asher Weiss (5787

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So, this week is parshas Lech Lecha. And Lech Lecha we start to learning about Avraham Avinu. The very first of the shlosh avos. Ein korin avos ela lishlosha. And chazal teach us There's no need. Please, please. I I I already have the medrish. Reb Binyamin. It's okay. So, this week's parsha we start learning about the avos kedoshim. Bereishis is about Adam Harishon. Parshas Noach is about Noach. And from Lech Lecha till the end of Chumash Bereishis, it is about the avos and the shvatim. Asarah nisyonos nisnasu Avraham Avinu v'omed b'chulam. And these parshas we learn about the challenges and the nisyonos and the tests that Hakadosh Baruch Hu put Avraham Avinu through. Lech lecha me'artzecha, u'mimolad'techa, u'mibeis avicha. And there is an interesting medrish. L'fi shehaya Avraham Avinu m'fached v'omer, eitzei v'yihiyu m'chal'lin b'shem Shamayim v'omrim, hineiach aviv v'halach leila eizeh min asui. What should I do? Do I need to leave my hometown, my family? And it's going to be a chillul Hashem. What will people say? He left his old father and just took a trip, went to a journey. Omer Hakadosh Baruch Hu, l'cha ani poitrecha m'kibud av em. V'eineni poiter l'acher m'kibud av em. V'lo od, Hakadosh Baruch Hu tells him, "Your father will pass away before you actually need to leave. So, there won't actually be a problem regarding kibbud av v'em." So, the possuk says, "V'yom asterach." And only then does the Kodesh Boruch Hu tell Avrohom Avinu, "Lech l'cha." So, the topic we'll be be discussing today is kibbud av v'em vice versa yishuv Eretz Yisroel. A person wants to do aliya and his parents object. And this is a very common question. It's an amazing phenomena that despite 3

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