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The Beis Medrash — medrash — Vayeira 5784

Выпуск: The Beis Medrash — medrash — Vayeira 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. Sponsored by Yossele and Etty Gurevitch ‫לרפואה שלימה וקרובה ליוסף יצחק בן ביילא‬ To sponsor a Dvar Torah, email thebeismedrash@gmail.com www.chwomenscircle.com/donate B”H REWRITING HISTORY Vayeira Rabbi Mordechai Lipskier It’s frustrating to witness the injustice surrounding Eretz Yisroel these days. Og responded to them by saying that he’s not intimidated, “If I want, I can squish this child with my small finger.” Hashem responded to Og’s threat and said that one day Og would die in the hands of Avraham’s descendent, Moshe Rabbeinu. The medrash says that Og the giant came to Yitzchak’s bar mitzvah where he was taunted because he used to say that Avraham was a “sterile mule and will never give birth” and yet there they were celebrating Avraham’s son’s bar mitzvah. The haftorah says that when one Jewish woman’s son fell in the field, “And he [the father] carried him and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees until noon, and he died.” Hagar’s callousness was passed on to her son. The Rebbe began by posing a chilling question: How can a young Jewish boy be certain about joining the ranks of the Jewish people when he sees how Jews are being harassed, persecuted, and afflicted?! It’s painful to watch this happen but it’s comforting to remember that this isn’t a new problem and, with Hashem’s help, we’ll overcome this just like we did the challenges of the past. Avimelech abducted Sarah and when Hashem punished him and he had to return her to Avraham he changed the whole narrative as if Avraham was the one responsible for what happened! The Baalei Hatosafos explain that another reason for why she sat so far away was because she was afraid that with his last strength, he’d try to shoot an arrow and kill her. And she went and sat down from afar, at about the distance of two bowshots, for she said, ‘Let me not see the child's death.’” Is that what a compassionate mother does? To receive weekly divrei Torah by Rabbi Lipskier, subscribe to our WhatsApp group by saving 347-620-2063 to your contacts and then WhatsApping the word "Subscribe."

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The Beis Medrash

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3 ноября 2023 г.

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