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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — ker — Vayeira 5784

Выпуск: Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — ker — Vayeira 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. About the Torah it is said, “It’s ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.” We learn from our forefather Avraham that if you want to bring people closer to Hashem, the way to do it is by being sweet and loving, not by pointing fingers and telling them THEY’RE the problem with this world. “Certainly, You, O G-d, would not punish the innocent with the guilty.” Hashem agrees, and Avraham famously says, “If there are fifty righteous people, will you spare the city?” Hashem agrees, and Avraham begins to whittle down the number until he reaches ten righteous people, the number of men needed for a quorum for reading the Torah or saying Kaddish. Despite his fatherly love, and the fact that he’d waited a century for that child, Avraham didn’t hesitate to carry out Hashem’s request, preparing and making the journey to what is today Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, to offer his thirty-seven-year-old son on the altar. LET A LITTLE WATER BE TAKEN… Though Avraham often welcomed guests into his home, his purpose was not merely to do physical kindness with them, but spiritual kindness, by bringing them closer to the Creator he had discovered in nature and the world. In the middle of the Divine audience, Abraham noticed the travelers and ran towards them, calling out, “Adonai!” The word ‘adonai,’ here, means “sirs,” and is not a reference to G-d, at least according to the first explanation of Rashi. “An angel of G‑d called to him...And he said: ‘Do not stretch out your hand against the lad nor do anything to him.’” The order to bring Yitzchak as a burnt-offering came directly from Hashem. When we look at that and seek to emulate it; to recognize that human beings are not bound to be corrupt and sinful, but can become greater than angels, then we have a reason to live. He did not go lower than that, and did not appeal to Hashem’s mercy to spare these people because they didn’t realize what they were doing, or because they were ignorant of Hashem. They repent because they see that even the righteous die, and they consider how they are living their lives, as compared to the saint who just passed away. When we recall this as a merit for the Jewish People, on Rosh Hashana, daily in prayers, or any time, we must

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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk

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3 ноября 2023 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary