LECH LECHA

LECH LECHA

The seven Aliyahs of Lech Lecha

top right – Abram is told by Hashem, suggested by the spiral image, to leave his home with his wife Sarah and his nephew Lot and his possession and build an altar with the colors of the Kabbalah’s sephirot.

top left – Abram escaping a famine goes to Egypt and asks his wife to claim she is his sister as he was afraid he might be killed for others to have her, and the Pharaoh took interest in her but was then covered by a plague and realized the power of Hashem and gave Abram herds to leave.

top center – Abram is told that his descendants will be as vast as the sands and he and Lot separate with Lot staying by Sodom.

center center – the covenant of circumcision is required by Hashem and Abraham does this to himself in his nineties and to his son Ishmael and the other men in his community.

bottom right – Lot is taken prisoner by these opposing kings and Abram gathers his followers and joins in the battles of the kings and triumphs.

bottom left – Abram will take nothing from king of Sodom and he is told by Hashem to look up to the stars that his descendants will be as vast as the stars and Hashem will be his shield.

bottom center – Abram is told to split open specific animals to pass between fires and Sarah has her handmaid Hagar birth a child but chastizes her and Abram is give his new name Abrahamcenter center – the covenant of circumcision is required by Hashem and Abraham does this to himself in his nineties and to his son Ishmael and the other men in his community.