Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Cool Lessons from Chumash
This is something very cool from the commentaries on Torah:
When the angels that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah showed up in Sodom they got there from departing from Hebron. They were in Hebron in a meeting with God and Abraham that morning. Yet they arrived in Sodom at nightfall. The journey is not that long however. So Rashi tells us one possible explanation is that the angels deliberetaly were late to buy Abraham more time to see if he can change God's mind and save the city. That is cool .... I like that aspect of waiting extra time for that one guy to maybe come through and save the day.
The other cool thing was that one angel was sent to be merciful saving those who deserved to be saved and the other one to deliver the punishment to the wicked ones.
One man operation to save the ppl, and one man operation to destroy the villains... they both traveled together ...
When the angels that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah showed up in Sodom they got there from departing from Hebron. They were in Hebron in a meeting with God and Abraham that morning. Yet they arrived in Sodom at nightfall. The journey is not that long however. So Rashi tells us one possible explanation is that the angels deliberetaly were late to buy Abraham more time to see if he can change God's mind and save the city. That is cool .... I like that aspect of waiting extra time for that one guy to maybe come through and save the day.
The other cool thing was that one angel was sent to be merciful saving those who deserved to be saved and the other one to deliver the punishment to the wicked ones.
One man operation to save the ppl, and one man operation to destroy the villains... they both traveled together ...