Commentary on the Parsha (Vayera)
Interesting commenty by Rabbi Yissocher Frand:
A Man's Level is Determined by His Wife's Level
At the beginning of the parsha, during the description of the dialogue between the Angels and Avraham, we find the verse, "And they said to him 'Where is Sarah your wife?'" [Bereishis 18:9] If one looks in a Chumash, he will notice that the 4 letter word "eilav" - "to him" has 3 dots on top of it.
Rash"i quotes a famous Chazal that when there are more dotted letters in a word than undotted letters, one should (homiletically) expound only those letters that have dots on top of them. In this case, the reading would be "And they said to him, where are you (ayo)? Meaning they turned to Sarah and asked where Avraham was.
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A Man's Level is Determined by His Wife's Level
At the beginning of the parsha, during the description of the dialogue between the Angels and Avraham, we find the verse, "And they said to him 'Where is Sarah your wife?'" [Bereishis 18:9] If one looks in a Chumash, he will notice that the 4 letter word "eilav" - "to him" has 3 dots on top of it.
Rash"i quotes a famous Chazal that when there are more dotted letters in a word than undotted letters, one should (homiletically) expound only those letters that have dots on top of them. In this case, the reading would be "And they said to him, where are you (ayo)? Meaning they turned to Sarah and asked where Avraham was.
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