We find many stories about Abraham, our patriarch, in the Torah's midrashim. From his coming to know God at the age of three, and from then on developing his knowledge and awareness of the existence of a single Creator of the Universe, through the famous story in which he smashes the idols his father made to sell, to the occasion when he is thrown alive into a fiery furnace.
However, nothing appears in the Written Torah about Abraham's life until the age of 75. (At least not explicitly; it appears only in allusions, or allusions).
Y lo primero que aparece es lo que ésta parashá nos cuenta, que Di-s se le presenta a Avraham y le dice «Vete de tu tierra, de donde naciste, de la casa de tu padre, a la tierra que te mostraré». Como mencionamos, Avraham ya tenía 75 años, una esposa (Sarai), un grupo de gente que lo seguía y lo consideraban un líder («las almas que hicieron en Jarán») y una cierta riqueza.
Ahora bien, ¿por qué la Torá no dice nada (en forma explícita) sobre la vida de Avraham, quien puede ser considerado, de cierta forma, «el primer judío» hasta los 75 años?
This omission can be explained as follows: Until the age of 75, Abraham's connection with God stemmed from his human intellect, his mind. However refined and elevated a person may be, they will never be able to establish a connection with God on their own, simply because God is infinite, and human beings are finite.
Even though Abraham had already demonstrated, by putting his own life at risk, his loyalty to God and his absolute conviction of the truth of God's Oneness, contrary to what the whole world thought, nevertheless, this did not create a bond with God.
It is specifically when God establishes the relationship with human beings through His precepts (embodied in the Torah) that human beings can connect with Him.
Por eso, cuando la Torá relata el comienzo del judaísmo, no nos cuenta sobre los sacrificios de Avraham ni de sus proezas como «primer judío», sino que nos dice «Y dijo Di-s a Avram», es decir, la Torá establece que el comienzo del judaísmo no es con el hombre, ni siquiera uno tan especial como Avraham, sino con Di-s. El punto de partida es Di-s.
This leaves us with the important lesson that when a person approaches Judaism, they must know that the starting point is God. In other words, a person should not seek personal advantage in approaching Judaism, but rather seek where God is and what He wants from their life, so that from there, they can draw closer to Him and improve day by day.