וַיֹּאמֶר ה ‘אֶל־אַבְרָם לֶךְ־לְךָ ... אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶר אַרְ אֶך.
Hashem said to Avram: “For your own benefit, go...to the land that I will show you.” -- Bereishis 12:1
Ask around your Shabbos table: Our mesorah teaches us that the 10 tests that Avraham Avinu passed gave the strength to his offsprings - Klal Yisroel - to pass similar tests and challenges in the future. לֶךְ־לְךָ was one of Avraham Avinu’s tests. What strength did it give to his children?
An Answer: Avraham Avinu heeded to Hashem’s mitzva of “לך לך”, picked up and went to the Land. That action, teaches Rav Chaim Volozhiner, created a unique, spiritual strength which Avraham Avinu passed down to his children - the strength to make Aliya to Eretz Yisroel, while leaving behind all that is so comfortable and familiar in chutz la’Aretz.
