Hospitality

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Vayera

15 November 2016

This discourse of 1952 discusses Abraham standing over three angels while they eat. But did they really eat? In some sense, Abraham is empowering them to do the impossible, as do some Jewish leaders...

Vayera

15 November 2015

This discourse of 1952 discusses Abraham standing over the three Angels while they eat. But did they really eat? In some sense, Abraham is empowering them to do the impossible, as do some Jewish...

Hospitality

5771

Hospitality as the first Jewish value, through Abraham sitting at his tent door scanning for guests while recovering from circumcision. The Talmudic teaching that hospitality to guests is greater...

Open Home

5772

The contrast between an English home as a castle and the open Succah to explore hospitality and generosity as Jewish values. The Succah's openness changes our relationship with the world around us,...