As I read the parsha (weekly Torah portion) in Hebrew, I like to to pretend that names are not just names, but that they mean something.  This give me the freedom to translate them.  The text takes on a new meaning in the process.  For example, in this week’s parsha, Lech lecha (go to yourself is a translation from Hebrew), we find Avram setting up an alter between two towns:  Bet-El and Ai, and from there he calls to god … Continue reading →