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The Parent Speech for Parashat Lech Lecha

If your child is reading Lech Lecha, the speech you give that morning shouldn't be a book report on the portion — it should be about them, with the parsha giving your words weight. Lech Lecha hands a parent three honest ways in: courage to leave the comfortable, trusting an unseen future, standing apart.

What happens in Parashat Lech Lecha

God tells Avram 'go forth' from everything familiar toward an unknown land and an enormous promise.

1. Courage to leave the comfortable

Avram leaves his land, his birthplace, and his father's house on the strength of a promise he can't yet see.

The story to findWhen has your child stepped into something unfamiliar — a new school, team, or challenge — with courage?

2. Trusting an unseen future

Avram is promised descendants like the stars while still childless — faith here means acting before the proof arrives.

The story to findWhere does your child put in effort today for a payoff that's still far away?

3. Standing apart

Avram is called ha'ivri — 'the one on the other side' — willing to stand on one side while the world stands on the other.

The story to findHow is your child unmistakably their own person, even when it would be easier to blend in?

How a real parent speech comes together

The speeches that make a room go quiet aren't essays about the parsha — they're two or three true stories about your kid, with one Torah moment placed where it lands hardest. Pick the single theme above that made you think of a specific dinner-table moment, answer its question honestly, and resist the urge to attach a moral to every story. End with a blessing in your own words — that's the part everyone remembers.

Nachas writes it with you.

A ten-minute interview about your child, and you get a speech plan that pairs their real stories with Lech Lecha — then three complete drafts in different voices, for every speaker in the family.

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