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November 11th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Abravanel provides a good rational(ization), yet if God was looking out for Abraham and Sarah, why could they not have been protected even if the truth were told?
November 13th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Milton asks an excellent question. It could be said that God did intervene, with Pharaoh’s illness and Avimelech’s dream and would have done so, regardless of how Abraham had acted. Therefore, it could be said that Abraham still lacked faith in the covenant that had just been concluded with God. Another possible response is that God allows freewill and only intervenes in extreme situations.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Well, if Abraham was anything like the community in the Exodus, I think #1 is sits better with me.
Back to Lekh Lekha, which I got to only today. If your analysis regarding the second lesson of the parsha is correct, which I believe it is, is not one implication that the invasion of Gaza and the economic noose around it now has at least some self-defeating consequences for Israel?
Gut Shabbos, Rebbe.