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Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Lech Lecha 5744 THE JEW AND THE WORLD

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Lech Lecha 5744 THE JEW AND THE WORLD. Темы: family_education. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summaries of points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫פרשת לך לך תשד"מ ד''ה אני הנה בריתי בלתי מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Lech Lecha 13 Cheshvan 5784, 28 October 20231 THE JEW AND THE WORLD A T WHAT POINT DID THE JEW BECOME ‘DIFFERENT’? From then on there could be ‘Righteous Gentiles’, great men like Job whose merit protected the inhabitants of Canaan, and even gentile Prophets like Balaam – but the special ‘chosen’ relationship that G-d has with the Jewish people would be exclusively theirs3. Considering this, we can return to the initial idea that the special identity of the Jewish people developed through several stages, to which we can add slavery in Egypt, receiving the Torah, entry to the Promised Land, the two Temples, life in the Diaspora after the destruction of the second Temple. The role of Abraham and his seed is to connect humanity with G-d, through their spiritual leadership, a leadership which ultimately will bring all humanity to fulfil the Seven Noahide Laws and to live positive, meaningful lives, inheriting the World to Come. The Sages tell us that despite the violence and evil of his generation, while he was alive his spiritual merit prevented the Flood from coming, and even after he died, the Flood was held back during the seven day period of mourning for him. Methuselah’s merit held back the Flood, and Noah and his family survived it, but neither of them made a real attempt to improve humanity so that the Flood would not take place. Although any Gentile can become a Righteous Gentile through keeping the Seven Noahide Laws, he or she might come to realise that there is an even deeper way to connect with the Divine, the Jewish way. The Chosen People receive the Torah to bond themselves to G-d and also to help all humanity link with the Divine, through their communicating the Torah teaching of the Seven Noachide Laws. Through the difference, the emergence of the special quality of the Jew, which began with the command of circumcision to Abraham, the first step was made to repair the world. G-d made clear that the son that Abraham would bear with Sarah, after he had had cir

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Chabad Research Unit

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27 октября 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education