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Vayeira #7
In this week's parsha Lot hosts 2 strangers in his house (19;3).
The torah (19;4) then relates that all the people of the city began complaining
(see Rashi, 19;4).
Lot then responded (19;8): "See now, I have two daughters who have never known a
man. I shall bring them out to you and you may do to them what is good in your
eyes; but to these men do nothing inasmuch as they have come under the shelter
of my roof."
Rashi (19;8)… Continue
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Vayeira #6
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Vayeira #4
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Vayeira #3
Vayeira
“And Abraham said: “Because I thought, surely the fear of G-d is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife’s sake” (Bereishis, 20;11).
The question is: How can Abraham blame the people of Gerar for not fearing Hashem? It’s not one of the 7 laws of Noah!?! Why were they punished?!?
Rabbi Yochanan Zweig explains that there’s a connection between chesed (kindness) and fearing Hashem. In the beginning of the Parsha, Hashem…
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Vayeira #2
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Vayeira
“So Abraham hastened to the tent to Sarah and said, “Hurry! Three Se’ahs of unsifted flour, sifted flour! Kneed and make cakes!” (Bereishis, 18;6).
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Lech Lecha #4
The torah (14;14) refers to Avraham's disciples in which joined him at war to rescue Lot as "chanichav."
Rashi (14;14) states that the word "chinuch" (commonly translated as "education") stems from the word "chanichav" and means "the beginning of the entry of a person or an implement into a craft in which he/it is destined to stay."
Rabbi Yochanan Zweig explains from here that real chinuch isn't about teaching children and telling them what they should do.… Continue
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Lech Lecha #3
Lech Lecha
In this week's parsha Hashem commands Avraham to leave his homeland and go to a place that he would be shown (12;1). According to most commentators, this was the first of 10 tests for Avraham Avinu in which he showed complete faith in Hashem (see: Pirkei Avos, 5;3).
Firstly, the torah (12;2-3) relates that Avraham was promised fame, wealth and children were he to leave. Therefore, how was it considered a "test" for Avraham to leave?
Secondly,…
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Lech Lecha
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Noach #6
The Ramban (6;13) explains that even though there were no commandments during the generation of Noach, Hashem nevertheless decreed that the world be destroyed because of robbery. The reasoning for that is because basic human logic dictates that one shouldn't steal. Therefore, even though the nation of Israel weren't actually commanded not to steal-they still knew that they were doing wrong by not stealing. However, the Rambam states that a… Continue
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Noach #4
Rashi (10;11) relates that there was a man named Asshur who moved with his children because he saw that they were joining Nimrod in his rebellion against Hashem. By doing this he planned…
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Noach #3
Rashi (6;9) states that Noach couldn't walk by himself (and therefore the torah wrote: And Noach walked "with" Hashem"). However, what does it mean that Noach couldn't "walk by himself"? …
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Noach #2
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Noach
In this week's parsha, Noach becomes the first person in the history of the world to be called a righteous (6;9).
However, at the end of the parsha we find that Noach got drunk (9;21). How then could Noach be considered truly righteous? What occurred that made Noach, a perfectly righteous person, get drunk?
Secondly, Rashi (7;7) states that Noach had a small amount of trust in Hashem as "he believed yet he did not believe fully that the flood would come."… Continue
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Bereishis #5
The Gemara (Sotah, 14a) states that the torah both begins and ends with chesed (kindness) as in the beginning Hashem clothed Adam/Eve and in the end He buried Moshe.
However, why is it such a big deal that Hashem did chesed in both the beginning and in the end of the torah? There's a big gap in between those 2 places in the torah! If the Gemara sought to prove that chesed is important (as we find it in… Continue
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Bereishis #4
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