Beit El – lecture 4

To summarize what we learned about Beit El from Abraham: Beit El symbolizes the preference for the Land of Israel over the Land of Egypt. A preference that stands out compared to the opposite preference of Lot. This leads to a fascinating comparison between the story of Lot’s exodus from Sodom and the story of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Many parallel expressions between the two stories – lead to the idea that the reason for salvation in both cases is following in the path of Abraham, doing righteousness and justice.