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Episode: Sabbath Torah Readings - Gen 12:1-17:27, Isa 40:27-41:16, Rom 4:1-25; Gal 4:21-5
Description: Lech-Lecha, Lekh-Lekha, or Lech-L'cha (????-???? le?-l??a — Hebrew for "go!" or "leave!", literally "go for you" — the fifth and sixth words in the parashah) is the third weekly Torah portion (?????????, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis12:1–17:27. The parashah tells the stories of God's calling of Abram (who would become Abraham), Abram's passing off his wifeSarai as his sister, Abram's dividing the land with his nephew Lot, the war between the four kings and the five, the covenant between the pieces, Sarai's tensions with her maid Hagar and Hagar's son Ishmael, and the covenant of cir...