Shabbat - 10/20/07 (8 Cheshvan 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is -- Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27). Topics in Lech Lecha: G-d's call to Abraham, Abraham comes to Canaan, Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, The return to Eretz Yisrael, Abraham and Lot part ways, The repetition of the promise, The war of the kings, Sodom is defeated, Lot taken captive, Abraham saves Lot, Abraham shuns honor, G-d’s reassurance to Abraham, The Covenant Between the Parts: The promise of the land, Egyptian exile and redemption, The ratification of the covenant, Hagar and Ishmael, The covenant, New names and a new destiny, The promise to Sarah For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation