NAALEH.COM and YU TORAH Ogs Odyssey By: Mrs. Shira Smiles

The first recorded war in Tanach appears in Parshat Lech Lecha. As in any war, then and subsequently, prisoners and captives are taken, and sometimes the captives are significant to the ensuing events. In this war, none other than Lot, Abraham’s nephew, was taken captive, and the events that followed changed the course of the war and provide lessons in human behavior. click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.