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A compilation of selected Torah insights, thought-provoking ideas, homilies, and explanations of Torah passages.
Commentaries found in the sefer Mikra’os Gedolos with links to other relevant commentaries.
(18,9)
Why are there dots over some of the letters of the word
אליו
?
(18,1)
How was Hashem’s appearing to Avrohom here different from other occasions?
(18,2)
Why does it repeat the phrase “he saw”?
(18,2)
Why did Avrohom give preference to taking care of the guests?
(18,5)
Why did Avrohom have his guests eat under the tree, rather than bring them into his house?
(18,5)
How did Avrohom allay the worry of his guests?
(18,5)
Question 6 not yet translated
What did Avrohom see that informed his decision to go and greet the guests?
(18,9)
Why was Sarah in Avrohom's tent?
(18,1)
How did Avrohom know that that taking care of guests took precedence over receiving the Divine Presence?
(18,9)
Why do the letters
איו
of the word
אליו
have dots over them?
(20,7)
Question 2 not yet translated
From where do we learn that Noachides do not need to be forewarned in order to be liable to be put to death?
(20,9)
Question 3 not yet translated
Why did Avraham see the need to pretend that Sarah was his sister?
(18,5)
Question 1 not yet translated
Why did the angels agree immediately to Avrohom’s request to be his guests?
(18,27)
Question 2 not yet translated
Why does Avrohom mention here that he is "dirt and ashes"?
(19,11)
Question 3 not yet translated
How did the angels make sure that their smiting the men with blindness would be effective?
(20,7)
Question 4 not yet translated
Why did Hashem mention to Avimelech that Avrohom was a prophet?
(21,1)
Question 5 not yet translated
Why does the posuk mention both Sarah’s becoming pregnant and giving birth?
(22,7)
Question 6 not yet translated
Why was Yitzchok certain that Avrohom intended to offer up an animal, and not him?
(22,7)
Question 7 not yet translated
How could Avrohom place the wood on the offering that he intended to bring?
(22,14)
Question 8 not yet translated
Was Har Hamoriah always a mountain?
(22,4)
Why does the Torah twice emphasize that Avrohom and Yitzchok went to the place of the sacrifice “both of them together”?
(18,9)
Why did the angel need to draw Avrohom’s attention to Sarah’s modesty?
(18,9)
Why did the angels ask Sarah where Avrohom was when he was standing right there?
(18,1)
What was the counsel that Mamre gave to Avrohom?
(22,1)
What offering did Avrohom offer to Hashem from his celebratory feast for his son?
(21,14)
How did the midrash learn from the fact that Avrohom arose early to send Hagar and her son away that the members of his household were
ותרנים
?
(18,7)
How did Avrohom discover the secret of the Cave of Machpelah?
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