Are Actions or Faith Our Ticket to Heaven?
In this week’s Torah portion of Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27), Avram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, is told by God that he will be blessed, and his “descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the heaven”(Genesis 15:5). The elderly and childless Avram did not ask God for a sign of proof about this promise. Instead, “he believed in God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). Putting your faith and trust in God is a powerful expression of spirituality. Bu
Zalman Kravitz