vayeira

Question 1

avraham is extremely generous to the melachim besides for when giving the water he is stingy ?

Answer 1

R’yisrael -washes netilas yadayim betzimtzum because the wife of house brought it ,don’t do a chumra at someone else’s expense
Sarah brought the water he didn’t do a chesed at her expense

Question 2

why did h’ rebuke avraham when sara laughed ?

Answer 2

R’chayim Soloveitchik when was a kid eats apple infront of slonimer rebbe doesn’t make a bracha
You dont have a good teacher ,no my teacher doesnt have a good rebbe
sarahs lack of bitachon emanated from avraham so he went directly to the source

Question 3

The 3 main events and avraham doesn’t accomplish anything ?

1) hachnasas orchim -melachim didn’t eat
2) daven for sedom doesn’t work
3) akeida didn’t work out ?

Answer 3

all about effort ,results out of our control
Lemuf tzara agra -lo alecha hamelacha ligmor
the source for many of the halachos of teffilah are deduced from this teffilah which doesn’t ‘‘work’’
eg Makom kavua

(connect to torah about rishon lcheshbon ,dayenu )

Question 4

“vayeira eilav h’ ‘’
why not by name avraham ?
Also the don’t say a word no vayomer or vayedaber ?

Answer 4

R’soloveitchik
Rashi-h’ made a sick call on the 3rd day
bris made avraham and h’ friends
just gonna hang out no words just the being next to you enough (R’green lovers no words )
before it was a employer employee relationship
no name not formal
like with spouse who is it ? me
also the wording eilav h’ not h’ eilav showing equal standing
bris made friends /lovers

Question 5

why akeidas ‘‘binding’’ yitzchak not other more important actions involved ?
eg near korban of yitzchak ?

Answer 5

inspiration has to connect to a positive action
medrash -yitzchak 3 days through water till neck tells avraham ‘‘akedani yafe yafe’’ bind me tight
now we have inspiration but when we get there it may have frazzeled out ,I might tense and the schita will be pasul
kechu imachem devarim veshuvu el h’
you have to act on the inspiration !