Lech Lichu – לך לך – Go for your own
sake
12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וגומר:
Go for you own sake from your land etc..
To come to the Land of Israel one must
trouble himself and labor to go even by foot
Life
of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 15
12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ: Go for your own sake from your land and
from your birthplace and from the house of your father.
Go to yourself, to your point of truth unrelated and not
influenced by others
Even from good people
there are impediments and disruptions on your own truth
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Ginayva (theft) 5:7
12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וגומר: Go for your own sake, from your land, and
from your birthplace etc..
People impede and disturb much more
than the evil inclination
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of the Blessings of the Morning 5:92
12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ: Go for you own sake, from your land, and
from your birthplace, and from the house of your father.
The matter of Avrohom's travels transpires over everyone, because
it is necessary to undergo untold tests, and refining, and highs and lows, and
it is necessary to withstand all of them, and a person is not given any
foreknowledge of the test
The main challenge of
the test is not knowing what one will merit if he withstands it
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 7:75
12:1 אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ: To the land which I will show you.
HY did not reveal to Avrohom where to
go, in order that he should yearn more and more, because this is the main
thing, to have great yearning for holiness
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Washing Hands for a Meal 6:106
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The main challenge of a test is it's
not being revealed, and one has to seek out the desire of HY
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Falling on one's Face (tachanoon) 6:8
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Before coming to the Land of Israel
which is the highest maturity of consciousness, it is necessary to descend to
extreme littleness
Life
of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, articles 139 & 140.
12:4 וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט: And Lot went with him.
The darkness always follows the tzadikim and they need to cull the
truth from the darkness
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Genaiva (theft) 5:5
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Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 7:74
12:5 וְאֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן: And the souls which they made in Churun.
Finding the good in everyone
Therefore
Abraham made converts, because he leaned towards kindness and found a good
point in each one, and through this he drew everyone close to Hashem Yisburach.
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Waking Up Early In The Morning 1:5, based on Likutay Moharan,
Torah 282)
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Through the charity and kindness of
Abraham, he made a calm atmosphere through which the call of holiness can reach
and rescue the good vanquished by the evil and with that come along converts
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of the Plaintiff and Defendant 5
_________________
Abraham engaged in drawing the
multitudes to The Faith, and he authored books on this, and so did Isaac and
Jacob
The
Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 395
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This is an aspect of Yaakov's studying
Torah for 14 years and composing holy books on faith
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Rosh Chodesh (First of the Month) 6:45
12:10 וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּרֶד אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה לָגוּר שָׁם
כִּי כָבֵד הָרָעָב בָּאָרֶץ: And there was a
famine in the land, and Avram went down to Egypt to live there because the
famine was severe in the land.
Why did Father Abraham need to leave
the Holy Land after he arrived there as he was commanded
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of the Prayer of Arvis (night) 4:32
12:15 וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹה: And the woman was
taken to the house of Pharaoh.
Sara was taken to such a place in order
so that from such a place of impurity she would seek and find Hashem Yisburach,
and through this she would prepare and establish a way and foundation for all
of Israel afterwards to be able to persevere there
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Falling on the Face (tachanoon) 6
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The Kingdom of Evil usurped over Sara
and Esther to its utter detriment
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Tefillin 6:26
13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב: And Avram was very
laden with livestock, with silver, and with gold.
These are the aspect of nitzoatzoas
(sparks of) kedusha (holiness) rescued and raised from the evil realm
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Thanksgiving 6:15
13:3 וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו: And he (Abraham) went
on his journeys.
Borrowing comes from a person thinking
that it is presently bad for him and he is deficient
Since he already fell
into loans it is hard to get out of them
That which Abraham came
to borrowing was a descent for the sake of ascent which a tzadik must undergo
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Loans 5
13:4 וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם השם: And Avram called out there in the Name of
Hashem.
One has to continue to return to call
out to Hashem
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Shabbos, end of 7
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Abraham called now in the Name of
Hashem because the main remembrance (-consciousness) of His blessed Name is
specifically in the Land of Israel
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Matters Pertaining to a Meal 4:6
14:15 וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם: And the night was divided on/by them
[alternate translations: And they split up (in pursuit) at night/ And they
deployed against them at night], he and his servants, and he smote them.
Even though Lot was wicked Abraham
went to war and rescued him because of the nekuda tova (good point) in him
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Waking up Early in the Morning 1:13
15:5 וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הַבֶּט נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וגומר: And He took him (Abraham) outside and He
said look now (/please) at the heavens etc..
Israel is above the conduct of time
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Circumcision 4:16
15:8 בַּמָּה אֵדַע כִּי אִירָשֶׁנָּה: With what will I know
that I will inherit it?
One cannot attain everything at once, it
is necessary to take breaks of silence
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Partners on Real Estate 5
17:1 הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִים: Go before Me and be
tumeem (whole, complete, perfect, also connotative of loyalty and simple
sincerity).
Specifically through temeemus (simple
sincerity) a person will achieve what he needs
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Damage 5:15
17:23 וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וגומר וַיָּמָל וגומר: And Avrohom took Ishmael his son etc. and
he circumcised etc..
Circumcision is an aspect of
conquering the Holy Land
Likutay
Halachos, Laws of Circumcision 3
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
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