Happy 250th Birthday America & Happy 5787. We are well into our first book of Bereshit! This week we are introduced to Avram and his wife Sarai as they leave all that they know to follow the instructions of G-D. This week, we are reading the portion called Lech Lecha, which translates as "Go get yourself out" and it tells about Avram being called by Ad-nai to leave his home and move his family to the Land of Promise. We can read what Ad-nai said to Avram in Genesis 12:1: 1Then Adonai said to Abram, “Get going out from your land, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. 2 My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing." Imagine that you are sitting in your home and you hear a voice telling you to get up and move to a place you have never been to. Not only have you never been there, but when you leave, you don't even know where you are going. You only know that Ad-nai is going to lead you there. This may seem like a really big step of faith that Avram took. But, the truth is that each of us take the exact same step of faith when we become believers in Ad-nai. We hear Him calling us, but we really don't know where we are going in this life, where we will end up living, what we will end up doing, and who we will end up with. What we do know is that, as with Avram, Ad-nai's heart’s desire is that we are blessed and are a blessing. If you would like to know more about the blessings that come when we trust and follow G-D check out this weeks' activity. If you have ever wondered if we can trust HIM, this activity is for you! Be sure to get your parents permission before you download and print the lesson and activities for this week. (links are below attached to the cartoons of children.). Also ask them to check in with rabbi if they haven't yet.