This Week's Torah Portion
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Lech L'cha
לָךְ-לְךָ
Go Forth
The Eternal said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, your father's house, to the land that I will show you." - Genesis 12:1
Torah
12:1−17:27Haftarah
Isaiah 40:27-41:16When
/ 13 Heshvan 5781Image
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