Torah (JPSA) 01: Genesis by JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA read by Various | Full Audio Book

This week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha, tells the story of how one man’s journey through the desert became the beginning of a nation destined to endure and illuminate the world. G-d’s promise to Abraham still echoes through every generation. We are that promise. | JLI - The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute

Every week, Jews all over the world sit with the same Torah portion. And every time, I’m a little amazed by it. Because it always somehow meets us exactly where we are. This week, as the last Israeli hostage was brought back from Gaza - it actually speaks about it in the Torah portion! God’s word isn’t frozen in time. It's fully alive, and speaking to our lives right now. When we open our eyes, we see that the biblical stories side to talk to what we’re facing, what we’re questioning, and what w