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Lech Lecha -BE PROUD AND WEAR YOUR NAME WITH PRIDE!!!

  Lech Lecha - My Name is...and I am proud! G-d is talking to Avram, soon the be “Abraham” : 17:4 "As for Me, here is My covenant with you; you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” 17:5 Velo-yikare od et-shimecha Avram vehayah shimcha Avraham ki av-hamon goyim netaticha. No longer shall your name be called Avram, but your name shall be Avraham (Abraham), for the father of a multitude of nations I have appointed you." 17:6 I will make you most exceedingly fruitful, and make nations of you; and kings shall descend from you. 17:15 And G-d said to Avraham "[As for] Sarai your wife, do not call her by the name Sarai, for Sarah is her name. Some very strong themes: Man loves woman, woman can’t be fruitful, woman leaves , an affair of sorts(Bridges of Madison County-esque), she wants him back, he walks with G-d, they conceive of course, some sinister twists and turns occur…………circumcision is introduced as a sign of the covenant to G-d. An awesome and beautiful locati...