Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Why does the text eternalize Ovadyahu's mistake and record his speech in such detail? Ovadyahu's emotional speech is a condemnation of Eliyahu and his...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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A subtle criticism of Ovadya is apparent in Eliyahu’s claim that Ahav – not he – is Ovadya’s master. Ovadya insists that his life-risking activity - not...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Eliyahu’s meeting with Ovadya prior to meeting Ahav is intended to show Ahav that Eliyahu is not capitulating to Ahav, and strengthen the God fearing...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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God commands Eliyahu to go to Ahav, and tells him that He will bring rain. Eliyahu sets off to fulfill his mission with mixed feelings. His experiences...
Eliyahu Revives the Widow of Tzarfat's Son (VII)
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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While both exist within a similar general framework, clear differences exist between the resurrection performed by Eliyahu and the resurrection performed...
Eliyahu Revives the Widow of Tzarfat's Son (part VI)
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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An inverse relationship exists between the literary structure of the story of Eliyahu’s initial arrival in Tzarfat and the story of the revival of the...
Eliyahu Revives the Widow of Tzarfat's Son (part V)
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Up until this point, Eliyahu only represented God’s trait of strict justice. After Eliyahu resurrects the woman's dead son for the child's own sake the...
Eliyahu Revives the Widow of Tzarfat's Son (part IV)
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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When his first cry is not answered, Eliyahu turns towards the boy, to stretch out over him; this signifies his change in perception. Two changes are noted...
Eliyahu Revives the Widow of Tzarfat's Son (part III)
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The preferential conditions that Eliyau has enjoyed for the last year have now expired - and therefore the widow and her son are no longer different from...
Eliyahu Revives the Widow of Tzarfat's Son (part II)
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The woman and her son are saved from immediate death by starvation thanks to the miracle invoked by Eliyahu, but their existence throughout the year is...
