Genesis Unveiled: Lech Lecha—Walking in Their Footsteps

Rabbi Soloveichik explores why Abraham’s call changed history: unlike earlier monotheists, Abraham was chosen to found a family that would transmit faith across generations. Through biblical analysis, classical sources, and contemporary covenant stories, Rabbi Soloveichik shows how parental love and covenantal practice are central to Jewish continuity and to the Torah’s revolutionary vision of time, history, and moral progress.