Hashem's first instruction to Avraham Avinu was לך לך מארצך...אל הארץ אשר אראך – to leave his land and to go to "a land that I will show you" (Bereshit 12:1).

Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, in Kedushat Levi, explains that this command is relevant to each and every one of us. The words אשר אראך – "that I will show you" – refers to moments of clarity, the times when it is very clear to a person what he must do. Just as Hashem showed Avraham the land where he was to resettle – Eretz Yisrael – similarly, there are times in a person's life when Hashem opens his eyes and shows him where he needs to go, what he needs to do. When a person has a decision to make, this is what he needs to do – figure out what it is that Hashem wants him to do, how Hashem wants him to choose.

This does not mean that what Hashem wants is going to be easy. It was very difficult for Avraham to just pick up and move to a new land. Nor does it mean that everything will go smoothly once one does what Hashem wants him to do. Soon after Avraham arrived in the Land of Israel, there was a famine, and he was forced to move again, to Egypt, where his wife was abducted.

Ultimately, however, everything worked out for the best, because Avraham went אשר אראך, in the direction that Hashem wanted him to follow.

In this first prophecy to Avraham, Hashem promised, והיה ברכה – "and you shall be a blessing" (12:2). The word והיה consists of the same four letters as the Name of Hashem (the Name known as "Havayah"). The Name is spelled י-ה followed by ו-ה. In the word והיה, the two pairs of letters are reversed – the ו-ה is positioned first, before the י-ה.

The commentaries explain that the pair י-ה represents Hashem, whereas ו-ה is associated with the Jewish People. In Hashem's opening prophecy to Avraham, instructing him to go forth and create a special nation, He was alluding to us that we need to take the first step. והיה means that the first step is ו-ה – that we, Am Yisrael, must fulfill our obligations, do what Hashem wants from us, and then, ultimately, י-ה – Hashem will do His part and care for us, granting us ברכה – His blessings.

So often, we have the clarity of אשר אראך, we know what Hashem wants us to do, but we're intimidated, we're scared. The task seems too daunting, or too risky, or too difficult. Or it entails too great a sacrifice. We need to remember the promise of והיה ברכה, that the blessing ultimately comes, even when we do not understand how.

The Chiddushei Ha'Rim makes a remarkable comment about this week, the week of Parashat Lech-Lecha. He says that when we speak about a deceased person, that person is, in a sense, present with us. When we learn the writings of the Rambam, for example, the Rambam is here with us. And so this week, when we read about Avraham Avinu, Avraham Avnu comes to be with us. And just as Avraham illuminated the world, bringing them out of the darkness of idol-worship, so can he take us out of whatever darkness we're in right now. This week offers us a special opportunity to chase away the "darkness" in our lives, whatever problems we are facing.

The way we do this is by learning from Avraham's example of לך לך – of going where Hashem tells us to go even when it is difficult, and even when we do not understand how it will work. By placing our trust in Hashem the way Avraham did, we receive some of the brilliant "light" that he brought to the world. - Rabbi Joey Haber

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