Vayera: Serving in the Present

Thesis: serving God is about what you are doing now, not the end goal

Question: why does Hashem use lech lecha for the first and last test

Answer: to show that serving him is not about where you are from or where you are going, but what you are doing now.

Parshiyot are like fortune cookies!

They are amazing while we are enjoying the cookie and reading the fortune, but forgotten in minutes – no seconds – of finishing. We tend of view each parsha on its own and forget last week and not realize the connections. Part of the beauty in this week:er: serving in the present