CHAYEI SARAH PARSHA
Lech-Lecha - לֶךְ-לְךָ ( פָּרָשָׁה , Parashah ) The Meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek (painting circa 1625 by Peter Paul Rubens ) Lech-Lecha , Lekh-Lekha , or Lech-L'cha ( לֶךְ-לְךָ le ḵ -l əḵ ā — Hebrew for "go!" or "leave!", literally "go for you" — the fifth and sixth words in the parashah) is the third weekly Torah portion ( פָּרָשָׁה , parashah ) i n the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading . It constitutes Genesis 12:1–17:27 . The parashah tells the stories of God's calling of Abram (who would become Abraham ), Abram's passing off his wife S...