For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land (Ezekiel 36:24) Link on some really great photos...

I INTRODUCTION In previous shiurim, I pointed out the tragic heroism of Avraham Avinu, noting that every blessing and/or Divine gift bestowed on him came on the heels of a separation from those near and dear. Whether it was his first separation, from father and homeland; his parting of the ways from Lot; the multiple isolations from Sarah; the exile of Hagar and Yishma’el or the near-collapse of the future on Mount Moriah; in all of these cases, his greatness and the Divine favor...

Simple. Very simple indeed.