Avraham and Lot

נמצאו 31 תוצאות חיפוש

1. The Salvation of Lot

   Prof. Jonathan Grossman

   The angels that arrive at Sodom seem to fill a dual purpose: they save Lot and destroy the city. However, they are given a preliminary task of examining the city, to see whether righteous people can be found within. The townspeople teach the angels about the culture of the city while they were hosted in Lot's house. Why was Lot saved, when God had told Avraham that if ten righteous people were not found in the city the entire city would be destroyed?

2. Ruth and Orpah, Abraham and Lot: The Power of Choices

   Part 3

   Dr. Yael Ziegler |

   Why are Chazal extremely critical of Orpa? Looking back at Lot’s separation from Avraham, we see that catastrophe followed Lot’s decision to live in cruel Sedom. Orpa, his descendant, returns to a corrupt and immoral society. Ruth chooses to return to Avraham’s path from which Lot broke away, and she becomes the vehicle to bring the Israelites back to the way of Avraham.

3. "A Possession Before the Lord" (Audio)

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 32 דקות

   Why is Moshe so upset at the tribes of Reuben and Gad for asking for land east of the Jordan River - land suitable for their many cattle? Is their request worse than the "Sin of the Spies"? To understand Moshe's anguish, we must examine parallels in the story of Abraham and Lot, their cattle conflicts, and Lot's vision of Sedom as fertile and resembling Egypt.

4. Lot's Separation from Abraham and Ruth's Return

   Dr. Yael Ziegler

   תאריך פרסום: תשסט | |

   The book of Shoftim ends on a dark and ominous note, describing an immoral and corrupt society that deserves destruction. Through the midrashic depictions of both Ruth and Orpah in Megillat Ruth, and comparison to the characters of Avraham and Lot in Genesis 13, Dr. Yael Ziegler explains that Ruth is the person who ultimately saves the Jewish nation from their corruption, single-handedly leading them into a better era. Using classical commentaries, Ziegler describes the path of morality and kindness depicted by Avraham, as opposed to Lot's cruel and immoral path.   Ruth makes a conscious decision to return the nation from Lot's path, down which they had strayed throughout the book of Shoftim, back to Avraham's path of righteousness, thereby instilling modesty and kindness back into Am Yisrael. 

5. A Double Test

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   We can consider the story of the descent to Egypt and the return from there, and the story of Lot's parting from Avram, as two halves of a single story. Are these two halves, connected as they are on the level of plot and in the common structure of the story as a whole, also connected in terms of the significance of the story? In other words, is there a unified message that arises from the greater story, and if so, what is it?

   What unifies the two halves of our story on the level of its significance is tests for Avram. The events that it describes present Avram with harsh contradictions of the promise of seed and the promise of the land that God gave him in Charan, at the beginning of parshat Lekh Lekha. In each instance Avram is tested concerning his faith in both promises, but in each half the principal test focuses on one of them. In the descent to Egypt, Avram's main test comes when his wife is taken from him, and the possibility of establishing the offspring promised to him is cancelled. In Egypt the basis for a later test for Avram is also prepared – a test that started with the descent itself because of the famine – but the essence of this test lies in the story of Lot's parting from him. This causes Avram to experience grave doubts as to the promise of the inheritance of the land.

6. Avraham and Lot: Divided by a Pause or a Gaping Chasm?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

7. Lot's Questionable Journey (from the) East

   Rabbi David Silverberg

8. Men Who are Brothers - Avraham and Lot

   Rabbi David Silverberg

9. Avraham's Nephew was Captured - Why?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

10. Avraham's Conflict Resolution with Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

11. Avraham’s Success and Lot’s Distress - Foregoing Serenity to Help a Brother

    Rabbi David Silverberg

12. Kinship Despite Conflict: Avraham and Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

13. Lot's Quest for Material Objects Turns him into One

    Rabbi David Silverberg

14. Avraham and Lot: Moving Beyond "Who Started It"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

15. Avraham Standing Alone

    Rabbi David Silverberg

16. Could Sedom Become the Garden of Eden?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

17. From "Riv" to "Meriva": Avoiding Escalation

18. Avraham and the King of Sodom: No Partnership Here

    Rabbi David Silverberg

19. At the Heat of the Day: Visions or Guests?

20. Avraham and Lot: Continued Commitment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

21. To Leave or to Remain: Lot vs. Ruth

    Rabbi David Silverberg

22. The Finances of the Forefathers – Part 1

    Rabbi Yaakov Beasley

    How Avraham acquires his wealth, and how he disposes of it, provides us with a lesson about how  financial success can become a test as well as a blessing.

23. Rashi

    Part 7 - Rashi and Christianity (II)

    Dr. Avigail Rock

    In the Torah itself, we find the following pro-Israel and anti-Christian trends in Rashi's commentary that appear to be a response to Christianity:

    • The Eternal Selection of Jewish Nation
    • The Jewish Nation as a Moral People
    • The demonization of Esav as a symbol of Christianity
    • The defense of Yaakov and his entitlement to the birthrite and the blessings

    These interpretations of Rashi cannot be seen only as encouraging the Jewish community at a time of persecution; it appears that Rashi’s aim is to teach his generation how to answer theological challenges.

24. Righteousness and Rescue: Noah, Lot and the Two Stories of the Flood

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

    תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | שעה ו- 11 דקות

    In this shiur, we will take a critical look at the righteousness of Noah. We will also discuss the way Hazal and the text approach the problems of the generation and the multifaceted narrative of the flood, as we address claims of biblical criticism. An intertextual comparative approach brings us to the story of Lot's rescue from Sodom and the aftermath of that destruction, as we compare and contrast the personalities of Noah, Lot, and Avraham.  Is there something from the text that justifies the traditional relativization of Noah's righteousness as compared to Avraham's? What explanation can we offer for Noah's decline after the flood? What does Noah's righteousness consist of, and what is his response to the Divine signal that it is time to rebuild the world?

    We discover different - and unequal - models of righteousness: Noah's is about survival and obedience, but Avraham's involves the important element of caring about the world.

     

25. “Let There be No Strife, I Pray You, Between Me and You” – Avraham’s Separation from Lot

    Rabbi Gad Eldad

    Avraham wandered to the land of Canaan at the command of God. Since he remained childless, he may have considered the possibility that his nephew Lot, who was accompanying him on his journey, would inherit him. But during the period that Avraham was in Egypt, Lot was exposed to a new way of life that captured his heart.

26. Lech Lecha: Family Feud

    Rabbi Jay Kelman

27. And God Remembered Avraham, and He Sent Lot” – Behind the Scenes of the Rescue in Sedom

    Rabbi Gad Eldad

    Even though God had already decided to destroy the cities of the Plain, He reveals His intentions to Avraham before He actually executes His plan. Once Avraham hears about the plan, a discussion develops between him and God about the necessity of executing the punishment. Lot, Avraham's nephew and a newcomer to Sodom, is not mentioned in this dialogue. Why not? And what does Avraham's argument accomplish?

     

28. Parshat Lech Lecha Part 2: Challenges of Egypt

    Rabbi Alex Israel | 30 דקות

    Through the stories of the journey to Egypt and the separation from Lot we can understand the process that Avraham undergoes as he develops and cultivates his new identity. 

    Courtesy of www.tanachstudy.com

29. Parshat Lech Lecha Part 3: Battle of the Kings

    Rabbi Alex Israel | 32 דקות

    What can we learn from the story of the battle between the four and five kings? Through a close examination of the text we can appreciate Avraham’s deep concern for Lot that extended despite their separation, Avraham’s connection to the land and his actions as a warrior. We can also see the beginning of God’s promises to Avraham in the beginning of the parsha come into fruition.  

    Courtesy of www.tanachstudy.com

30. “Look to Avraham, Your Forefather”

    Rabbi Shimon Klein

    In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avraham leaves the life circles in which he is ensconced and emerges to adopt a position that observes it all from on high, from a position raised above the here and now. An expression of this is to be found in his abstract attitude towards the land; in his attitude towards the Canaanites – the patience and honor that he shows them, taking care not to push them out of their place; his patience and containment of Lot, allowing him to join him; and – later on – his offer to divide the land (if Lot takes the north, Avraham will take the south, and vice versa). All of this is a clue to recognizing the spiritual position that Avraham has adopted, as well as a clue to his character and qualities.

31. Let us separate: The cost of separation

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky