VaYera Flashcards
What is Abraham’s attitude when meeting the men who come visit him?
He is not doing them a favor, they are doing him a favor.
“Ahmasur” - when someone comes to your house and you are uncomfortable with it - R. Selovchiek
Big mitzvah.
What is amor amat va ah say?
Say little, do a lot.
Abraham says he’ll bring a morsel of bread, but actually does a lot more.
What’s the issue with Abraham “fetched some cottage cheese and milk, and the calf he prepared…”
Dairy & Meat.
1) Torah wasn’t given
2) Milk/cheese was before meat.
What’s the diff. between Abraham’s laugh and Sarah’s laugh about the news of a baby?
Abraham’s laugh was of joy. Sarah’s laugh was of skeptisim.
Why did God leave out Sarah’s comment about Abraham being too old to make a child?
Shalom Beit -> peace at home
If God is omniscient, why does he need to come down to see?
The judge must examine all the evidence closely. Even if everyone knows, he goes down to show the judges they must not come to judge without examine the evidence.
What is “her cry justified” refering to?
Daughter of Lot; Sodom: not allowed to help the poor and down trought, watching them for sport. There’s one guy who is not dying, and they found out Lot’s daughter was secretively feeding him. So they tied her to a tree and pored honey on her and had bees sting her to death. And burned her.
Why does Abraham start with 50?
5 boroughs with minyan.
Where do we learn 10 men can destroy a nation?
Spies. 12 went, 10 came back with false report.
What does 45 represent?
If you are missing 1 man in a minyan, can count God using a Sefer Torah.
What does 40 mean?
What does 30 mean?
What does 20 mean?
What does 10 mean?
One borough missing minyan.
Two borough missing minyan.
Three borough missing minyan.
One minyan.
Why does Lot sit at the city gate?
He’s a judge and enforcer of the law; he had said he wouldn’t get involved.
how do you say “to safe a life” in hebrew?
Pikuach nefesh
Why did Lot’s wife turn into a pillar of salt?
She was the one who gave away that Lot had guests, by asking everyone for salt.
