The Rebbe teaches something remarkable – how can it be Abraham is told to leave his homeland to a new land, should serve as the foundation for Judaism? – the first commandment to a Jew! – isn’t the Torah all about commandments – how does leaving your birthplace, seemingly the most passive part of his itinerary, relate to fulfilling a Divine command (in this case to journey to Israel) the answer is very very very very important – when we attempt to do good which was ultimately the quest Abraham was on and most of us too, we must first and foremost, shed our previous land – we are born into a milieu, these milieus as Freud said behave like retarded children – the masses lose their rationality – there becomes a group-think with usually the most obnoxious dumbest megalomaniac (as we have currently) getting the largest microphone – anyone who seeks goodness, must be prepared to let go of his current group-think