Derasha 1 on Lech Lecha 15:6

TT #1 · Parashas Lech Lecha · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 15:6

Complete Passuk

וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽה׳ וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ לּ֖וֹ צְדָקָֽה׃

And he believed in Hashem, and He counted it to him as righteousness.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

TT: Israel are believers, children of believers — children of Avraham of whom it is written “and he believed in Hashem.”

Core Text

Core Text אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה: יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם מַאֲמִינִים בְּנֵי מַאֲמִינִים, בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ וְהֶאֱמִן בַּה׳.
English of Core Text: The Holy One said to Moshe: Israel are believers, children of believers — children of Avraham of whom it is written “and he believed in Hashem.”
On the daf / in context: Avraham’s trust becomes the ancestral root of Israel’s capacity for emunah, cited when Moshe doubts the people.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

National faith is traced to this single verse of Avraham’s belief.