As we are counting up to Shavuot, I am excited for us to begin our learning of Megillat Rut and the comparisons in the text between her and Avraham. To fully appreciate the comparison we will begin tonight with learning about Avraham and Lot. Their stories and lives begin together and almost mirror each other. Their wealth ends up separating them but tonight we will learn where that separation takes them and how one becomes the father of the Jewish people while the other becomes the father of a nation we despise.
