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Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 7:07 AM
Subject: VBM-SICHOT 81: Parashat Vayera
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YESHIVAT HAR ETZION
ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY VIRTUAL BEIT MIDRASH (VBM)
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Sichot of the Roshei Yeshiva
PARASHAT VAYERA
Sicha of HarAV Yaakov Medan
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In memory of Rabbi Jack Sable z"l and
Ambassador Yehuda Avner z"l
by Debbi and David Sable
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In memory of Rav Michael Bloom - "Mike"
on his first yahrzeit. יהי זכרו ברוך
Akiva and Shanen Werber and family
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"And It Came to Pass After These Things":
The Introduction to the Akeida
Translated by David Strauss
I. Introduction
And it came to pass after these things, that God tested Avraham, and said to him, "Avraham"; and he said, "Here am I." And He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, even Yitzchak, and get you to the land of Moriya; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of." (Bereishit 22:1-2)
The story of the Akeida is puzzling. Why did God test Avraham with a test that is so far from expressing God's true demand of man? After all, we know that God does not demand human sacrifices, and even forbids the practice with a severe prohibition!
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