R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Lekh Lekha: Searching for Unexpected Moral Heroes Through Prayer

In this week’s parashah , we meet a character who teaches us a lesson in morality, and also ends up in the first blessing of the Amidah, one of our most important prayers. Surprisingly, this character, Malki-Zedek, is not part of the Jewish people! Yet Malki-Zedek teaches Avram - and, in turn, all of us - how to avoid moral pitfalls.