{"id":2290,"date":"2016-02-17T01:36:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T01:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2290"},"modified":"2016-02-17T01:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T01:36:28","slug":"vayera-5764","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2290","title":{"rendered":"VaYera (5764)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYera \u00a0(5764)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 This is an action packed parsha; today I want to concentrate on Ch 18, v 22ff — Abraham’s negotiation with God about Sodom<\/p>\n

\u2022 The word “Ha-et” appears in Ch 18, v 23. Rash translates it as ‘even’ and Rambam as ‘wrath’ (as in \u00a0‘your wrath’)<\/p>\n

\u2022The major principles of Judaism are from this section,<\/p>\n

\u2022 First, Abraham has spoken to God three times until now (Ch 15, v 28, Ch 17, v 17) but always about personal welfare. The change in this dialogue is about the welfare of others — complete strangers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second, God is the judge of all the earth (Ch 18, v25). \u00a0As we know from the mishnah on Rosh HaShana 1:2 — all the world comes before God like sheep of a flock<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third, mercy is more important than justice — Abraham argues that it is worth saving the wicked majority for a righteous minority<\/p>\n

\u2022 But some things are missing: \u00a0Repentance and teshuvah (Abraham is no Jonah), as is individual responsibility<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fourth: Repentance can happen any time, as in v 26ff: “If I find [in the future]…” but not developed yet (this requires the prophets)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYera \u00a0(5764) by Marc Mangel \u2022 This is an action packed parsha; today I want to concentrate on Ch 18, v 22ff — Abraham’s negotiation with God about Sodom \u2022 The word “Ha-et” appears in Ch 18, v 23. Rash translates it as ‘even’ and Rambam as ‘wrath’ (as in \u00a0‘your wrath’) … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2290\/revisions\/2291"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}