34) What does it mean when it says, \u201cGo forth from your country and from your kindred\u201d? Because everyone came out of Ur of the Chaldees to go to the land of Canaan, why was it not said that everyone would go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35) Even though Terah was an idol worshiper because he was awakened by a good awakening to go out with Abraham\u2014and the Creator desires the repentance of the wicked\u2014he began to come out. Why does it not say, \u201cGo forth\u201d in plural form? Why was \u201cGo forth\u201d said only to Abraham?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
36) When Terah went out of Ur of the Chaldees, it was not in order to repent. Rather, it was only to be saved that he went out, since all the people in his country wanted to kill him. After they saw that Abraham was saved from the furnace, they said to Terah, \u201cYou are the one who was misleading us with those statutes,\u201d and they wanted to kill him. And because of the fear of them, Terah went out. Hence, when he reached Haran, he did not leave there anymore, since it is written, \u201cAnd Abram went … and Lot went with him,\u201d but Terah is not mentioned in the writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
37) Instead, it is written, \u201cBut from the wicked, their light is withheld, and the uplifted arm is broken.\u201d \u201cBut from the wicked, their light is withheld\u201d is Nimrod and his contemporaries, from whom Abraham\u2014who was their light\u2014went out. \u201cAnd the uplifted arm is broken\u201d is Nimrod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
38) \u201cBut from the wicked, their light is withheld\u201d is Terah and his household. Their light is Abraham, since it does not say, \u201cThe light,\u201d but \u201cTheir light,\u201d which was with them, meaning Abraham who was with them and departed them. \u201cAnd the uplifted arm is broken\u201d is Nimrod, who was luring all the people in the world after him. This is why it says, \u201cGo forth,\u201d to shine for you and for all those who will come out of you henceforth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
39) After Abraham went out, they did not see light any longer. When it writes, \u201cBright in the skies,\u201d it relates to Abraham, whom the Creator wished to attach to the upper light so he would illuminate there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40) Afterwards, Terah and all of his town\u2019s people repented. It is written, \u201cAnd the souls that they had made in Haran.\u201d Thus, his town\u2019s people repented. Terah repented, as it is written, \u201cAnd you shall come to your fathers in peace.\u201d If Terah did not repent, the Creator would not tell Abraham that he would come to his fathers in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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