Parshat Lech Lecha: Was Abraham The First Wandering Jew?

[@abrunelle7]

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[@GeneNievesque]

Thank you Aleph Beta for these videos! To those who sponsored these videos, thank you!

[@VardaMeyersEpstein]

Keep 'em coming. This is perfect for a thinker like me who gets shpilkes in classes. I love the way you're making the Torah into a single narrative and it makes perfect sense. It's a beautiful experiment and a successful one, thus far.

[@truth294486]

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Toda raba, Aleph Beta! May God bless you and keep you safe. Shalom!

[@habibaq1]

at school we watch your videos on fridays.I really like your videos.

[@Matthew-nu9sl]

Abraham is setting the boundaries God gave him.

[@noahqyain7311]

These are blessings. At first I thought the cartoons meant these videos were elementary and childish in nature and teaching but I was wrong. I love Judaism because it fulfills my intellectual and spiritual needs.

[@molieb5943]

I had to write a D'var Torah for my high school, this really helped, thank you. (5 years later)

[@itsnotatoober]

Haha

[@hisStory-y2g]

Very insightful !!! Todah Rabah Shalom Aleichem !!

[@zahavailan3782]

Wow some great insights! In new ways to look at Abraham! Thank you.

[@johnlewis284]

You mentioned "Rabbi Foreman's audio series" I don't see the link - can you re-provide a link to that series? Thank you.

[@christinawhite1969]

I want to hear it as well🙏🏻

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[@Besorah1729]

Thank you. This was very good.

[@marybarrett6578]

Thanks for the understanding of Abraham relationships with Hashem',Praises and glory belongs to God

[@kingoffun9118]

That was vary interesting :) good job

[@MariyaLoveyah]

I love this animated teaching. So much fun! Who is the speaker?

[@johnlove4391]

Christians have an expanded thought on the offering of Isaac, that God was able to raise him even from the dead. Abraham believed God and figuratively received his son back from the dead, the child of promise.

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

שלום very cool

[@pillowverse7664]

I wish it was easier to learn the Bible like this, Torah as well.

[@phatvegan1691]

AWESOME 👌 🆒️

[@jorgeraulmorales]

Where can I find the link? Thanks

[@maril1379]

Thank you or teaching

[@barbarza]

Wow, this ties again to rav Yehezqel from KehilatMelechYisrael titled: "B'nei Avraham"....THAT was absolutely mind blowing explanation why Avraham wandered.

[@orlandosanchez8123]

Wow you guys are smart. And father Abraham awesome i wish a came a bit close to his level i have alot to go 😆 lol

[@YourAscents]

Did HaShem also make Avram's name great/big by adding letters to it?

[@TheCindermonkee]

Reminds me of someone with a great name, who travelled around, was a simple carpenter, taught Torah to the masses, obeyed Hashem, and hung on a stake for those who don’t - Yeshua

[@jlupus8804]

Ooooh I see what you did there 😉😄😄

[@stealth48nurse]

And what is God's name?

[@allthingscoolchick3888]

Hashem is His Name

[@jtprobst1]

Shalom I don’t understand why it is believed that the story’s such of Abraham and Lot are not recorded but instead are ‘stories’ told.... why follow these Midrashes of man instead of actual Scripture? Jubilees was written by Mosheh during the 40 days on the Mount, it is recorded in scripture but many ignore, doing away with what they do not deem as scripture yet will hold to stories of the Rambam and such? If we are going to rightly divide the Truth, then we need to do so,.... not counting stories of idolized rabbis and rambams above the Scriptures themselves. It makes one to look as if they only appear to hold knowledge and wisdom but in truth only hold mans indoctrinational teachings instead of wisdom by YHWH Himself. Do we seek to follow man or Elohim? Thoughts to ponder, prophetic insights

[@Steve_1999]

I would feel bad for leaving land that G-d gave to me, I'd feel obligated to stay there. I guess that's why Abraham got it and not me, lol

[@deadtoselfShema]

Avraham is a Hebrew, not a Jew. Yudah is only one of twelve tribes. Your videos often keep saying "Jew" when it should be either Hebrew (Ibrim) or Yisrael. This is the Problem with Judaism. For it is the Faith of the only Tribe allowed to be the Role Model Nation of Avraham, Ibrim, Yisrael to the Nations, but focus on the Oral Law. Your videos have great points, I do learn a Lot, I believe if you understand one should be focused on Hebrew/Yisrael faith where one Focuses on Elohim our Abba instead of "Jew" / Judaism it would be amazing what else you would cover.

[@GatheringJacob]

The answer to your question is NO. How could the great grandfather of Judah be recognized as a Jew? The Jews came from the seed of Judah which Abraham was not.

[@user-zi8wd3ov8m]

Man shut up

[@GatheringJacob]

@@user-zi8wd3ov8m why? You don’t want to recognize the facts of my comment? Gen 11 makes it clear Abraham was from Ur. Judah, his tribe, and later during the separating of Israel into the 2 nations, the northern Israel and southern Judah, that is where the people group called Jews came from. Abraham was way before all of these things and was NOT a Jew. Sorry if that bothers you but that’s truth.

[@pamreynolds6812]

Abraham was the seed of judaism . He was the first one to recognize Hashem as the G_D of judaism . You are just taking points out of context . From him came the seed of judaism

[@GatheringJacob]

@@pamreynolds6812 no Judah came out of Abraham, what are you talking about?

[@pamreynolds6812]

G_D recognized Abraham in the bible he said look at the stars I will make. The your descendants as many as the stars in the sky . From Abraham came yitschak when he took him from the command of Hashem to sacrifice his only son and Abraham obeyed thst was the final test and G_D made him the first jew as part of thr nation he was going to build Abraham saw where the Beit Hamikdash was going to be built it was this reading or parshah kech lecha we read from the Torah today. Our Torah comes from G_D

[@Noahide]

Abraham was called to be a father of many nations - the promise. Israel served as a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation unto God. The Covenant of Abraham has two parts - Genesis 15 & Genesis 17. Land and Circumcision. At Mt Sinai with Moses generation of Israel and onwards, this Abrahamic Covenant is built upon with a covenant of law and rule for the people of Israel. But the notion that Abraham was the first of monotheists is not biblical. Adam was monotheistic. Enoch was monotheistic. Noah was monotheistic. The Universal Covenant of Mankind is the Noahide Covenant. This is the inspiration of Faith for myself as a 'Daly', a child of Ireland. I identify with the Celtic Culture, which roots its way back ultimately to my ancestral father Noah. Our culture is not the same as Jewish culture. It is not the same as Abrahamic culture. I do understand that Abraham is a motivating figure for Jewish people, but there is life in Monotheism outside of Israel, and I personally take my faith in Genesis 1:1 - 11:9 and the witness of my family's monotheistic ancestry. Thank you.

[@isaacolivecrona6114]

Noahide Videos Bible The Bible text itself suggests that Abraham struck a deal with two different deities: El Elyon ("God Most High") and El Shaddai (sometimes translated as "God Almighty", but is more like "God of Destruction").

[@Noahide]

Would you like to explain the two different deities idea in more detail?

[@isaacolivecrona6114]

OK. So Abraham knows two names. Abraham learns about El Elyon (God Most High) in Gen 14:11, via Melchizedek. He also knows El Shaddai, whom he meets in Gen 17:1. It is El Shaddai that says, "Walk before me and you will be perfect/blameless". It is also El Shaddai that demands a covenant of circumcision. He never refers to these as Yahweh, but Adonai. But here's the problem. When Moses encounters the burning bush in Ex 3:14, It identifies Itself as "Ehyeh Ašer Ehyeh" (I am…*). And It claims to be the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It goes on to assert that, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob only knew him as El Shaddai, It is actually as Yahweh. [* ”I am…” could be translated ”I am that I am”, ”I am as I was”, ”I am as I will be” etc.] As we've seen, Abraham knew two names: El Elyon and El Shaddai. So that's fine. More interestingly, though, Isaac never spoke of El Shaddai. As far as we know, he never met Him. It was Yahweh that Isaac prayed to. And, whereas Jacob met and was blessed by El Shaddai in Gen 35:11, whenever "Elohim" appeared to speak to him, Jacob always took this to be Yahweh whom Jacob then pay reverense to by building bulding altars and performing rites. So, we are faced with a problem. Based on the bible text, either "I am…" is lying or there are more than one god around. After-all, both Isaac and Jacob knew about Yahweh. Also, as far as we know, Isaac did not know about El Shaddai. Unfortunately, even though Jacob had met El Shaddai and at least believed to have met Yahweh, we have no idea if he took those to be to different deities or the same one. __________ Personally-and I should perhaps warn you that I'm not a religious person-I think there's a high probability that at least one or two of these deities are supposed to represent Samael, or some other agents of chaos. (And there are apocrypha texts and Jewish commentaries of Moses entering heaven only to find out that it was Samael who had the rightful claim to his soul.) For example… Re El Elyon: We know that Samael is sometimes also referred to as the one "Most High". This is because, although he belongs to the fifth heavely realm, as the chief angel among the destructive angels, he is actually said to resite in the seventh heaven, where he sits on the throne of divine glory. And it makes good sense. After-all, what is he pushing if not the principle of might is right and self-righteousness. This is also how the concepts "peace" and "grace" are understood in Judaism and Islam, i.e. the total conviction, that can only come with absolute blind faith, that you are righteous person, as long as you do it in God's name (cf. Shekhinah/Sakinah). And Melchizedek, with a name that could just as well be translated as ”the righteous Moloch”. He’s nothing but a pun; a gimmick to keep the readers on his feet to prevent him from just accepting a value judgment about some character's character, based on the name or what is asserted, without really thinking about it. Re El Shaddai: Besides the name can be translated as ”God of Destruction”, ”God of Desolation”, ”God of the Desert”, he is also supposedly the one who "said enough” and wished to halt and terminate creation. The name is also closely linked to the letter Shin, which in turn is closely linked to the Serpent. Also, this is the god who demand a covenant of circumcision, and chthonic basis for the ”Brit milah” has to do with ancient Egyptian mythology about the afterlife and escaping the final judgment: By sucking the blood as the soul stored somewhere else-to prevent it from being stained by your evil deeds-to maximize your chances of escaping the fire of judgment. It’s a kind of Faustian bargain really; because, supposedly, you allow the your ”Lord”/”Owner” to imbue you with some of his spirit while also receiving his mark.

[@Noahide]

Well thanks for that. I see the point you are driving at. Interesting. I don't think I agree, but thanks for your perspective.

[@patrycksilva6735]

Agree with you, I'm a noachide and prospect convert, keep up the good work with our 7 commandments! And if you wish to get even closer Judaism is the climax. Good look in this temporary short life brother!

[@hagopzoulamian5692]

guys do you hear yourselves why did we need to build anything we should of just lived in tents period we started our own problems

[@hagopzoulamian5692]

Money , Economy and all the bull it fallows

[@nobodybutHIM777]

Better read the book of Jasher for additional knowledge about the childhood of Abraham. Why YAH choosed him as the father of many nations.

[@kingdomambassador1904]

You might already know this truth...Abram was a pagan, a Chaldean. Then he crossed over to the ways of the Living Elohim, his name became Abraham because of the Father’s promise of many children like the stars and the sand, I am paraphrasing. But you get the idea. The same applies to all who seek Yahuah, all welcomes. There are no second class citizen. The ONLY chosen people are the ones who at yes to the Father’s Son and get grafted onto Yahusha vine. Let no one deceive you with fables and genealogies!!

[@emilyhoffmannopitypilates]

I really wnjoy your textual analysis but ut's difficult to take it seriously withe cartoons and cartoonish voices.

[@GatheringJacob]

No there were no Jews till after Judah was born!

[@pamreynolds6812]

Not at all true Noah was a righteous man

[@patricianatale9126]

Avraham was not Jewish, avraham was Hebrew because he crossed the river.

[@shirleyannelindberg1692]

Abraham is the Progenitor of MONOTHEISM, i.e. JUDAISM ✡️ 😇 👏🏼

[@bycracky22]

Abraham was not a jew ar all