The Courage to Begin Anew
In Abraham, The Kotzker Rebbe and Parashat Lech Lecha by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Faith does not begin in continuity, but in disruption. Avraham teaches that God is found through risk, doubt, and radical individuality—not through imitation. To walk with God is to walk into the unknown. God’s call to Avraham shatters the comforts of the familiar and demands a faith born in freedom, doubt, and discovery. Only the one who dares to leave home—spiritually and intellectually—can encounter the Divine and bring blessing to humanity.
