Why Does the Torah Tell Us NOTHING About Abraham? | Lech Lecha 5787 | Torah Meirah

Of Noach, the Torah tells us everything before God speaks to him: righteous, blameless, walking with God. Of Abraham, it tells us nothing. The most important call in the history of faith goes to a man the Torah has not yet introduced. Ramban asks why, and the Rambam and the Midrash fill in the story the Torah chose to leave untold.

Perhaps the silence is the lesson. Noach is the end of a story, and Abraham is the beginning of one, and a beginning cannot be proven in advance. Abraham is asked to go "to the land that I will show you" and to commit first and see later. His father Terah set out for Canaan too, but stopped halfway in Haran. In an age of "Infinite Browsing Mode" and endless open doors, many of us know that halfway place very well.

Emunah does not mean holding an opinion about what is true. It means faithfulness, love expressed as loyalty, given before any guarantee. From the stars Abraham is told to count, to the covenant of brit milah, to "and be a blessing," Lech Lecha calls each of us to stop waiting at the crossroads and commit to the path that is truly ours.

The ideas are shaped and based on the work of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, and influenced by Maimonides, Nachmanides, Don Isaac Abarbanel, Samson Raphael Hirsch, David Zvi Hoffmann, Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, and Uri Amos Cherki.

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00:00 Noah Versus Abraham 00:39 Why No Introduction 01:13 Midrashic Portraits 02:15 Commitment Before Proof 03:20 Terach Stops Halfway 04