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Dvar Torah Parshat VaYera 5772 2011

When Avimelech admonished Avraham for telling him that Sarah was his sister and demanded to know why he had told him that, Avraham answered, “Because I said”: RAK EIN YIRAT ELOKIM BAMAKOM HAZEH, “there is but no fear of G-d in this place…”. (Gen. 20,11) Avraham was afraid that since there is no fear of [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayera 5771 2010

In trying to accommodate the three visitors Avraham said: YUKACH NA ME’AT MAYIM, “Let some water be brought…”. (18,4) Rashi comments that when Avraham said “Let some water be brought…”, he did not go to bring it himself but asked that the water should be brought by means of a messenger. Because he did not [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayera 5770 2009

When Sarah saw the negative influence Ishmael had on Yitzchak, she asked her husband to send Ishmael out of the house. Avraham felt this was wrong. It was only after Hashem said to him: SHEMA BEKOLAH, “…listen to her voice…” (Gen. 21,12) , that Avraham relented and sent him away with his mother. What was [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayera 2008 5769 דבר תורה פרשת וירא

When the angels informed Avraham that Sarah will give birth, she was listening and heard this prediction. The Torah says she laughed to herself and doubted it could be because, as she put it, VA’ADONI ZAKEN, “…and my husband is old.” (Gen. 18,12) We are then told that Hashem says to Avraham, why did Sarah [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayera 2007 – 5768 דבר תורה וירא

If asked what is more important, heeding the laws that are between man and Hashem or the laws between man and his fellow men, many would opt for the former. We know, of course, that this is not so and we learn it from the beginning of this week’s Portion. Avraham was sitting by the [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah VaYera 5767

When Avraham saw the three angels who appeared to him as men he immediately offered them water to wash up and food to eat. Their reaction was KEN TA’ASEH KA’ASHER DEBARTA, “…Do just as you said”. (Gen. 18,5) This is a peculiar response to someone who offers you an act of kindness Rabbi Zevin, who [ READ MORE ]

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