Lech Lecha Davar Torah

Avraham discovered God in a world that worshipped idols. Everyone around him attributed absolute power to different forces like the sun, the moon, and the stars. But Avraham looked at the sun, the moon, and stars within the world and figured that only a painter could paint a world so beautiful. There had to be One God behind all of it.

Hashem told Avraham, our first forefather, to leave everything behind him and journey into the unknown:

"Go (לך), for yourself (לך), from your land, from your birthplace, and from your fathers house to the land that I will show you."

A simple meaning of this is that Hashem had big plans for Avraham, and in order for him to actualize his potential, he needed to leave everything he knew.

But if we learn a little Hebrew, we can understand a deeper meaning of this verse.

The letter LAMED (ל) is used as a prefix. It means either to/for.

So now the first two words, LECH LECHA can mean:

"Go (לך), FOR yourself (לך)"

Or:

"Go (לך), TO yourself (לך)"

Hashem intructs Avraham to go TO himself. To go on a journey of self-discovery.

And this journey is FOR himself. His journey of self discovery is for his own good.

He embarked on a path to understand himself, the world around him, and MOST IMPORTANTLY to get to know Hashem.

May we all grow in our relationships with Hashem by looking inwards.

And may we always know, every moment of our lives, that we are capable of being great people.