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Is Having Guests More Stressful for Women? - Parsha Vayeira

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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so good evening and welcome to all those who are joining us here this evening from around the world tonight's class is graciously dedicated by david and eda is graciously dedicated by david and eda shotenstein in the loving memory of a young soul alta shula word love struck down by a bus in jerusalem the daughter of rabbayasi and hindu sword love tahei nish masatsura the class is also dedicated by the schottenstein by the schottensteins by the schottensteins in the loving memory of rabbi gavriel nayach and his wife rifki haltzberg struck down in the terror attacks of mumbai last year and all of the kadashim of mumbai india tonight we are going to explore a intriguing and enigmatic observation in the talmud which deals with the different way which deals with the different way in which men and women deal with having guests at their homes and it's an observation in talmud which naturally is misunderstood by many and sometimes can even get some people upset and it all begins with a seemingly superfluous word one extra word extra word in the torah portion of vayera the beginning of ayara tells the story of the three people who come to visit avraham and sarah abraham and sarah at their tent and when abraham observes the three men walking by his tent he runs out and he invites them to his tent wants to offer them food and water and to relax under the tree under the tree and extends his legendary generosity and loving hospitality towards them open up your curriculum right below the video to source number one the torah says in the beginning of genesis chapter 18 verse 6 i've run rushes to the tent to his wife sarah vayomer and he tells amari swiftly prepare

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  1. 0:33so good evening and welcome to all those who are joining us here this evening from
  2. 4:10kamach and silas kamach is inferior flower soilless is fine flour kamach which we translate as
  3. 8:24that's number one but before we get into that let's understand where does he prove it
  4. 12:31document source number five we have rashi's version and our gemara today what does rashi say
  5. 16:13schwift in the book of judges in the legendary stories of shimshin samson strength when the
  6. 20:20that everyone bought sarah under normal circumstances on the ordinary conditions isha tsarena by erich usually
  7. 24:29to converse about things to rehash the emotions the relationships the experiences of life it's sometimes
  8. 28:06so therefore it's more difficult for her and then there is another interpretation women the cabal
  9. 32:11to narrow the influence to narrow the energy towards the guest directed towards the guest more
  10. 36:19represents god being a leader in the world a king in the world in melan there's

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