Auf Ruf of Jeffrey Ostro
Acco Prison Escape
Mikros Gedolos – Oz Vehadar
My Torah on the Parsha
Genesis verse 12:3 – ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธึ ืึนึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนึฅืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธึฝืื
Three Explanations – Rashi, Ramban, Rasbam
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Shabbos Activities – Auf Ruf of Jeffrey Ostro
First Shabbos back since we were in Florida. We left for Florida on September 20, 2023. On Friday night Naftoli Glenner ate with us and Naftoli has to have liv-liv, so I get to eat chopped liver.
On Shabbos morning Serka and I walked to Congregation Yehuda Moshe on Touhy Avenue. It is 2.8 miles from our house. It was the Auf Ruf of Jeffrey Ostro. He is marrying Noelle Bruno. His mother, Gail Ostro, is our cousin, and my wife Serka is very close with her. It was great having Kiddush with the Ostros and Gailโs family.
My Torah below is inspired by the upcoming wedding of Jeffrey and Noelle Ostro, Noelle being a convert and giving Gail Ostro the Nachas of being able to walk her son to Chupa. She saw her daughter, Elana, walking down with Gailโs grandchildren.
Acco Prison Escape
I was talking to Gail’s sister-in-law, Aurelia Malatzky-Ostro, and she tells me her father was an Irgun fighter in Israelโs war of Independence and that he was imprisoned in the infamous Acco prison. During the famous escape, her father was the one who dropped the grenade between the prison bars to be able to escape. His rabbi was Rabbi Aryeh Levin and Rabbi Aryeh Levinโs son married her and her husband, Mickey Ostro. Quoting from the internet.
Looking to free Irgun and Lehi fighters imprisoned by the British in the fortress in Acco, the Irgun staged a daring and dramatic jail break. Having smuggled information and explosives to prisoners inside the prison, and staged a simultaneous attack from the outside by fighters dressed as British soldiers, the Irgun breached the prison for only the second time in its 800-year history.
By the end of the operation, 27 of the 41 escaped Jewish prisoners made it. Six were killed and eight captured. Of the Irgun attack force, three were killed and five captured; one British soldier was killed. The New York Times hailed it as one of the biggest jail breaks in history, Menachem Begin deemed it heroic, the Jewish Agency condemned it, the Yishuv loved it, and even the British acknowledged how bad it made them look.
The prison break was immortalized in the 1960 film Exodus, starring Paul Newman.
Wikepdia has more information The Mandate for Palestine aka Greater Israel by fact and law 1920: The Acre Prison Break, The Irgun: (May 4, 1947) – Draiman (themandateforpalestine-greaterisrael.blogspot.com)
Aurilla Malatzky-Ostro also told me that her Shul, Shaarei Shomayim in Toronto, hosted Rabbi Meir Yaakov Solovechik as a scholar in residence and that he stayed for Shabbos in her house. Serka and I were married at Shaar Shomayim. Aurillaโs son, Jonathanl, is the President of the Shul.
Mikros Gedolos Oz Vehedar:
Last week I purchased a Oz Vehadar Mikros Gedolos. It is a great Sefer and brings understanding of Chumosh to a new level. There was the old Mikros Gdeolos which used Rashi script. When I was younger it was hard to understand. There was also the Penimin Mikros Gedolos from the 1950s which had a Perish Anshei Shem that is no longer printed and is almost gone. I believe this Perish is in the Chok. In 1990 the Hameor Institute redid the Mikos Gedolos, removed errors, and changed the script to block letters, greatly enhancing the learning experience. This is what I have used since it came out. Artscroll came out with their version around 2015, however, I feel that it is really not an improvement over the Hameor and a little harder to use. The Oz Vehadar is just on a completely different universe and leaves everyone in its dust. I could only say the Pshat below using the Oz Vehadar.
My Torah from today:
Genesis Verse 12:3
ืึทืึฒืึธึฝืจึฐืึธืึ ืึฐืึธึฃืจึฐืึถึืืึธ ืึผืึฐืงึทืึถึผืึฐืึธึ ืึธืึนึืจ ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธึ ืึนึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนึฅืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธึฝืื
At CUFI, banners are posted that say Genesis 12:3. https://cufi.org/about/cufi-team/. As Rabbi Bowman said, โand they believe in the Bible.โ Let us analyze the back half of the Passuk ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธึ ืึนึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนึฅืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธึฝื.
There are three explanations and a fourth comment:
1 – Rashi – his opinion is in green
2 – Ramban in his second explanation. His opinion is in purple.
3 – Rashbam and Chizkuni. Their opinion is in rust.
4 – Ibn Ezra criticizes the Rashbam and Chizkuniโs Pshat and agrees to the Ramban. His opinion is in black.
I started the Parsha at four in the morning and looked at Rashi on Verse 12:3. I was stunned. I always thought that this Passuk means that the world will be blessed through Avrohomโs merit and great deeds. Not only that Avrohom brings Hashemโs goodness to the world, but through his actions, the world was a better place. Just like Israel today. My son Sholem for my birthday gave me the book, Start Up Nation. The world benefits greatly from Israelโs innovations, discoveries,and patents in medicine, technology, and everything else. If the world let, peace would break out from Israel. Yet Rashi says that the simple meaning is that people will bless their children by saying, you should be like Avrohom.
Interpretation 1:
Rashi says.
ืื ืืจืื ืื. ืึตืฉื ืึทืึธึผืืึนืช ืจึทืึผืึนืช, ืึฐืึถืืึผ ืคึฐืฉืืึผืืึน, ืึธืึธื ืืึนืึตืจ ืึดืึฐื ืึน ืชึฐึผืึตื ืึฐึผืึทืึฐืจึธืึธื, ืึฐืึตื ืึธึผื ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืืึผ ืึฐืึธ ืฉึถืืึทึผืึดึผืงึฐืจึธื, ืึฐืึถื ืืึนืึดืืึท ืึฐึผืึธ ืึฐืึธืจึตืึฐ ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื ืึตืืึนืจ ืึฐืฉึดืืึฐืึธ ืึฑืึนืึดืื ืึฐึผืึถืคึฐืจึทืึดื ืึฐืึดืึฐื ึทืฉึถึผืื (ืืจ’ ื”ื):
AND IN THEE SHALL BE BLESSED โ There are many Agadoth concerning this but the plain sense of the text is as follows: A man says to his son, โMayest thou become as Abrahamโ. This, too, is the meaning wherever the phrase ืื ืืจืื ืื โAnd in thee shall be blessedโ occurs in Scripture, and the following example proves this: (Genesis 48:20) ืื ืืืจื โBy thee shall Israel bless their children saying, โMay God make thee as Ephraim and Manassehโ.
Interpretation 2:
Words of the Ramban on Pasuk 12:2:
He starts by explaining the last two words of Pasuk 12:2.
ืืืื ืืจืื ืืชื ืชืืื ืืืจืื ืืฉืจ ืืชืืจืื ืื ืืืืจ “ืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืืืจืื” ืืืืกืืฃ ืขืื ืื ืื ืืฉืคืืืช ืืืืื ืืชืืจืื ืื ืื ืื ืฉื ืืจืฆื ืืืื ืื ืื ืืจืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืขืืืจื
The Ramban uses Rashiโs explanation as the meaning of the last two words of verse 12:2 of ืึถืึฐืึตึื ืึฐึผืจึธืึธึฝื. and first explains the ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธึ ืึนึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนึฅืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธึฝื in 12:3 as a continuation of this idea that not only will your city bless there children saying too be like Avrohom but the entire world.
But then the Ramban has a second explanation for ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธึ ืึนึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนึฅืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธึฝื The Ramban says โ ืื ืืจืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืขืืืจืโ. The world will be blessed because of Avrohom. You could explain this two ways and both are probably correct; 1 – through his righteous deeds, Hashem will bless the world, or 2 -because Avrohom was moral and good, he was an example for the world and the world was a better place because of him. His goodzkeit spread to the world. He was a world leader and people emulated him.
The Ibn Ezra says Pshat like the Ramban, see the end of this piece of Torah., where I bring down the Ibn Ezra.
What do the Tragumin say? (See Mikros Gedolos Oz Vehadar in their explanation of the Ramban)
Rashi aligns with theTargum Yonason Ben Uziel
Targum Yonasan Ben Usiel
ืึทืึฒืึธืจึตืึฐ ืึทืช ืึทึผืึฒื ึทืึธื ืึฐืคึทืจึฐืกึดืื ืึฐืึตืืืึนื ืึดึผืฆึฐืืึน ืึผืึฐืึธืจึฐืึดืื ืึทืช ืึฐึผื ึธืึฐ ืึผืึดืึฐืขึธื ืึดืึฐืึทืึตื ืึทืชึฐืืึนื ืึตืืืึนื ืึฐืึดืงึฐืึฐืืึผื ึตืืึผ ืึฐืคึดืชึฐืึทื ืึฐืึธืจึถื ืึฐืึดืชึฐืึธึผืจึฐืืึผื ืึธึผืึฐ ืึธึผื ืึทืจึฐืขึทืึทืช ืึทืจึฐืขึธื
And I will bless the priests who will spread forth their hands in prayer, and bless thy sons; and Bileam, who will curse them, I will curse, and they shall slay him with the mouth of the sword; and in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth.
Since the Tragum Yonasan uses the same word as the Torah uses, the assumption is that he is learning like Rashi
However Targum Onkelos and Targum Yerushalmi align with the Ramban:
ืึถืึฑืึธืจึตืึฐ ืึฐืึธืจึฐืึธืึฐ ืึผืึฐืึทืึฐืึธืึฐ ืึตืืืึผื ืึฐืึดืชึฐืึธึผืจึฒืืึผื ืึฐึผืึดืืึธืึฐ ืึนึผื ืึทืจึฐืขึฒืึทืช ืึทืจึฐืขึธื
I will bless those who bless you, and he who curses you, I will curse; and through you [and because of you], will be blessed all the families of the earth.
Targum Yerushalmi
ืึทืึฒืึธืจึตืึฐ ืึทืื ืึดื ืึฐืจึดืืึฐ ืึธืชึธืึฐ ืึผืึทื ืึฐืึทืึดืื ืึธืชึธืึฐ ืึถืึฑืึตื ืึดืื ืึฐืึดืชึฐืึธึผืจึฐืืึผื ืึดืึฐืืึผืชึธืึฐ ืึธึผื ืึทืจึฐืขึทืึทืช ืึทืจึฐืขึธื:
And I will bless him who blesseth thee, and he who curseth thee shall be accursed; and in thy righteousness shall all the generations of the earth be blessed.
How do the English translations line up?
Like Rashi.
JPS 2006:
And all the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you.โ
Artscroll 2018 (Avrohom Morgenstern on Targum Onkelos)
And all of the families of the earth will bless themselves by you.
Torah Yesharah – Kahana 1963
all the families of the earth will bless themselves with the wish that they might be like you.”
(ืจืฉ”ื.)
Silverstein – 2013
and they shall bless themselves in you [i.e., in your name] all the families of the earth.
Like the Ramban and Onkelys:
Artscroll 1993:
And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.
Soncino
And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Interpretation #3:
There is a third interpretation of ืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธึ ืึนึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนึฅืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธึฝื and that is of the Rashbam, Chizkuni, and the Daas Zekeinim. No English Chumashim translate it this way. The word ืื ืืจืื is translated as ืืืจืื ืืืจืืื – grafting trees and layering – bending a tree branch back into the ground to grow a new tree. Meaning that the non Jewish nations will want to marry into the Jewish nation.
Rashbam:
ืื ืืจืื – ืืฉืื ืืืจืื ืืืจืืื, ืืืืืจ, ืืชืขืจืื ืืืฉืคืืชื ืืฉืคืืืช ืืืืื, ืฉืืจื ืืฉืงื ืจืคื ืืื.
Chizkuni:
ืื ืืจืื ืืฉืงื ืจืคื, ืืฉืื ืดโืืืจืื ืืืจืืืืดโ (ืฉืืืขืืช ื,ื), ืืืืืจ ืื ืืชืขืจืื ืืฉืคืืืช ืฉืจื ืืืจืฅ ืืื ืชืืฉื ืื ืืจื ืืืจ ืืื ืืื ืืืคืืื ืืชื ืืื ืืฉืคืืช ืืืืื.
Daas Zekeinim:
ืื ืืจืื ืื ืืื’. ืื ืืชืขืจืื ืื ืืืฉืคืืืช ืฉืืื ืืชืืื ืืืชืืืจ ืขืื ืื ืืจืื ืืฉืื ืืืืจืื:
What is the source of the Rashbam et. alโs Pshat. It appears to be a Gemora in Kidushim.
ืึฐืึธืึทืจ ืจึทืึดึผื ืึถืึฐืขึธืึธืจ, ืึทืื ืึดึผืึฐืชึดืื: ืดืึฐื ึดืึฐืจึฐืืึผ ืึฐืึธ ืึนึผื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืึนืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธืืด, ืึฒืึทืจ ืึตืืึผ ืึทืงึธึผืืึนืฉื ืึธึผืจืึผืึฐ ืืึผื ืึฐืึทืึฐืจึธืึธื: ืฉึฐืืชึตึผื ืึทืึฐืจึธืืึนืช ืืึนืืึนืช ืึตืฉื ืึดื ืึฐืึทืึฐืจึดืืึฐ ืึฐึผืึธ: ืจืึผืช ืึทืึผืึนืึฒืึดืึธึผื, ืึฐื ึทืขึฒืึธื ืึธืขึทืึผืึนื ึดืืช.
ืดืึนึผื ืึดืฉึฐืืคึฐึผืืึนืช ืึธืึฒืึธืึธืืด โ ืึฒืคึดืืึผืึผ ืึดืฉึฐืืคึธึผืืึนืช ืึทืึธึผืจืึนืช ืึธึผืึฒืึธืึธื ืึตืื ืึดืชึฐืึธึผืจึฐืืึนืช ืึถืึธึผื ืึดึผืฉึฐืืึดืื ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื. ืดืืึผื ืึผืึนืึตื ืึธืึธืจึถืฅืด (Bereshis 18:18)โ ืึฒืคึดืืึผืึผ ืกึฐืคึดืื ืึนืช ืึทืึธึผืืึนืช ืึดืึทึผืึฐืึธื ืึฐืึทืกึฐืคึทึผืึฐืึธื ืึตืื ึธื ืึดืชึฐืึธึผืจึฐืืึนืช ืึถืึธึผื ืึดึผืฉึฐืืึดืื ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื.
And Rabbi Elazar said: What is the meaning of that which is written: โAnd in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed [nivrekhu]โ (Genesis 12:3)? The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Abraham: I have two good shoots to graft [lehavrikh] onto you: Ruth the Moabite, the ancestress of the house of David, and Naamah the Ammonite, whose marriage with Solomon led to the ensuing dynasty of the kings of Judea. โAll the families of the earthโ means: Even families that live in the earth, i.e., who have land of their own, are blessed only due to the Jewish people. Similarly, when the verse states: โAll the nations of the earth shall be blessed in himโ (Genesis 18:18), it indicates that even ships that come from Galia to Hispania are blessed only due to the Jewish people.
Maharsha:
ืฉืชื ืืจืืืืช ืื’ ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืฉืคืืืช ืื’ ืืจืืืืื ืืื ืืจืืฉ ืืคืืื ืืฉืคืืืช ืืืกืืจืืช ืืื ืืงืื ืืืจืืื ืื ื ืงืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืขืืื ื ืืื ืขืืื ืืช ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืืืช ืืื ืืฉ ืืืงืืง ืืืขืืงืจื ืืจืืฉ ืื ืืจืื ืืืฉืื ืืืจืื ืืืืกืืฃ ืืจืฉื ืืื ืืืฉืื ืืจืื ืืืฉ ืืคื’ ืืฉืคืืืช ืืืจืืช ืืืืื ืืื ืืชืืจืืืช ืืื ืื’ ืืข”ื ื ืจืื ืืืืชื ืืื ืคื ื ืคืฉืื ืืื ืื ืืืจืืฉ ืื ืืืฉืคืืืช ืื’ ืืื ืฉืืจืฉื ืื ืืืืื ืื’ ืื”ืฉ ืืชืืก’ ืืืฉืชื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืขืืงืจื ืืื ืืจืืืืื ืืื ืืจืืฉ ืืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืื ื ืงืจืื ืืืชืืื ืืืืฆื ืืื ืืื ืืืชืืจืื ืืืจืขื ืืชืคืจืฉืื ืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ื ืชืื ืืืืจืื ืชืื ืืืคืจืื ืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ื ืืืชืื ืืืืชื ืื ืืจืื ืืืฉืื ื ืคืขื ืข”ื ืืืจืื ืืืืื ื ืฉืืขืฉื ืืงื”ื ืืื ืฉืชื ืืจืืืืช ืืชืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ืฉืืชืืจืื ืื ืืฉืืื ืืื”ืง:
The Gemora in Kedoshim is a little difficult to understand, it does appear that the Gemora translates ืื ืืจืื in two ways, grafting and being a blessing.
Rashi clearly does not go like the Gemora in Yevamos at all.. The Rashbam is going like the Gemora in Yevamos, but only in the Gemora translation as grafting. Why did the Rashbam choose grafting and not blessing, It would seem that blessing would be the more plain meaning. Perhaps he felt from the last two words of 12:2 ืืืื ืืจืื meaning that the world will be blessed through Avrohom, therefore the Rashbam has to explain that the meaning of Genesis 12:3 is grafting.
The Gemora itself only talks about two people, Rus and Naama. Perhaps the Gemara means Rus and Naama and all converts who convert to the Jewish nation. The genoira seems to be saying that Rus and Naama who converted were beneficial to the Jewish nation and the Jeiwsh nation needed them. The Rashbam says it refers to all converts from all the nations of the earth. The nations of the world will want to be part of the Jewish people and that the converts will be accepted as Jews. The Rashbam seems to be taking it that the non Jewish nations will want to feel a connection to the Jews.
Onkelos wanted to be connected to the Jewish people and he was a Torah scholar. He published the first legitimate translation of the Torah into a foreign language. He may have been the nephew of Titus. Onkelos – Wikipedia.
Ibn Ezra
There is no Ibn Ezra on this Pasuk in the regular Mikros Gedolos, however, the Oz Vehadar brings an Ibn Ezra on 12:3 from another source and it is simply great. The Ibn Ezra was born in 1089 and lived to about 1164. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ibn_Ezra
The words of the Ibn Ezra:
ืืฉืืื ืืืจืช: ืืื ืืืื ืืืจ ืึผืกืคืจื ืื ืณืื ืืจืื ืืืณ ืืืืจืช ืืืจืืช ืืืืื (ืขืืื ืจืฉืืึผืดื), ืืื ืืืขืชื ืื ืืืืื ืฆืจื ืืืืืช. ืจืง ืณืื ืืจืืืณ ืืื ืื ื ืคืขื ืขื ืืจื ื ืืื, ืื ืณืืชืืจืืณ ืืื ืืื ืณืืชืืืืณ, ืืื ื ืืืขื ืฉืืืื ืืฉืคึผืืืช ืืืืื ืืขืืืจื ืืืืจืืืช ืืจืื ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืจืืื ื ืืืื (ืื ืื) ืืืืืืจ ืณืื ืืจืืืณ[ืืืื ื ืืคืืจืืฉ ืจืฉ”ื ืฉืื ืฉื ืืขืืื ืืืจืื ืืจืขื ืื]
Translated as – a wise man from Spain said it means grafting. I love the Ibn Ezra criticizing the Rashbamโs explanation by saying ืืื ืืืขืชื ืื ืืืืื ืฆืจื ืืืืืช. I do not know who brought this trouble.
Perhaps Ibn Ezra wrote this line because of the conversion of his son to Islam in 1140. And perhaps he saw that people converting to Judaism was leading to importing foreign ideas into the Jewish people and in his time it was not beneficial.
Wikedpeia writes:
Little is known of ibn Ezra’s family from outside sources; however, he wrote of a marriage to a wife that produced five children. While it is believed four died early, the last-born, Isaac, became an influential poet and later convert to Islam in 1140. The conversion of his son was deeply troubling for ibn Ezra, leading him to pen many poems reacting to the event for years afterward.[3]
Lot – Avrohomโs Nephew
Genesis Verse 12:4 and 12:5
ืึทืึตึผึฃืึถืึฐ ืึทืึฐืจึธึื ืึทึผืึฒืฉึถืึจืจ ืึดึผืึถึผึคืจ ืึตืึธืืึ ืึฐืึนืึธึื ืึทืึตึผึฅืึถืึฐ ืึดืชึผึืึน ืึืึนื ืึฐืึทืึฐืจึธึื ืึถึผืึพืึธืึตึคืฉื ืฉึธืื ึดืืึ ืึฐืฉึดืืึฐืขึดึฃืื ืฉึธืื ึธึื ืึฐึผืฆึตืืชึืึน ืึตืึธืจึธึฝืื
ืึทืึดึผืงึทึผึฃื ืึทืึฐืจึธืึฉ ืึถืชึพืฉึธืืจึทึจื ืึดืฉึฐืืชึผึืึน ืึฐืึถืชึพืึฃืึนื ืึถึผืึพืึธืึดึืื ืึฐืึถืชึพืืึผืึพืจึฐืืึผืฉึธืืึ ืึฒืฉึถืึฃืจ ืจึธืึธึืฉืืึผ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทื ึถึผึืคึถืฉื ืึฒืฉึถืืจึพืขึธืฉืึฃืึผ ืึฐืึธืจึธึื ืึทืึตึผืฆึฐืึืึผ ืึธืึถึืึถืชึ ืึทึฃืจึฐืฆึธื ืึฐึผื ึทึืขึทื ืึทืึธึผืึนึืืึผ ืึทึฅืจึฐืฆึธื ืึฐึผื ึธึฝืขึทืื
12:4 says that Lot goes with Avrohom. The first Pasuk says that Lot went with Avrohom. 12:5 says that Avrohom took Lot. Is there a difference between the first Pasuk implies that Lot went on his own decision, while the second Pasuk seems to say that Avrohom took him, as if Lot did not know what to do and Avrohom grabbed him and siad your our coming with me. Is there something to be learned from this?
In 12:4 its says ืึทืึตึผึฅืึถืึฐ ืึดืชึผึืึน ืึืึนื and not ืึทืึตึผึฅืึถืึฐ ืึืึนื ืึดืชึผึืึน . Does this word usage mean anything?
I saw a Ramban that I cannot find that Avrohom had no family going with him and Lot stepped up so Avrohom would have family with him. I cannot find the Ramban.
Yismael:
Bereshis 15:15
By the Bris Bein Habesarim hashem tells Avrohom –
ืึฐืึทืชึธึผึื ืชึธึผืึฅืึนื ืึถืึพืึฒืึนืชึถึืืึธ ืึฐึผืฉึธืืึืึนื ืชึดึผืงึธึผืึตึืจ ืึฐึผืฉึตืืืึธึฅื ืืึนืึธึฝืื
As for you, You shall go to your ancestors in peace; You shall be buried at a ripe old age.
And Rashi says this means that Yismael will repent in Avrohomโs lifetime.
Rashi:
ืชืงืืจ ืืฉืืื ืืืื. ืึดึผืฉึฐึผืืจืึน ืฉึถืืึทึผืขึฒืฉึถืื ืึดืฉึฐืืึธืขึตืื ืชึฐึผืฉืืึผืึธื ืึฐึผืึธืึธืื, ืึฐืึนื ืึตืฆึตื ืขึตืฉึธืื ืึฐืชึทืจึฐืึผืึผืช ืจึธืขึธื ืึฐึผืึธืึธืื; ืึผืึฐืคึดืืึธืึฐ ืึตืช ื’ ืฉึธืื ึดืื ืงึนืึถื ืึฐืึทื ึผืึน, ืึผืืึน ืึทืึผืึนื ืึธืจึทื ืขึตืฉึธืื:
Why when Hagar was kicked out of Avrohomsโs house and Yismael was dying of thirst, the angels wanted Hashem to deny water to Yismael so he would die. How do we understand this because Yismael will become a Tzadick and we also know that Avorhom loved Yismael. The fact that 1,000 years henceforth, Yishmaelโs descendants will kill fleeing jews with thirst, we Jews have plenty of enemies. In fact the Northern kingdom attacked the Yehuda during the first temple period. Do we say that Hashem should have only had two tribes. I will have to answer this next week.
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