Sunday, April 10, 2011

Rivka meets Yitzchak (24:60-67)

This week Rivka meets Yitzchak.
1. What was Yitzchak doing in the field in the late afternoon?
We will also be doing a lot of review that will most likely take us into next week.
Some of the ideas we have learned:
A. Eved Avraham chose Rivka because:
1. She was from Charan not Canaan.
2. She was from Avraham's family.
3. She cared about the camels.
4. She did chesed (extra kindness) by giving water to the camels.
5. She welcomed guests.
6. She was confident.
B. The Rabbis learn that Yitzchak prayed mincha.
C. From eved Avraham we can learn:
1. to keep our promises.
2. to pray to Hashem to help us.
3. to thank Hashem for helping us.
4. to do things quickly and on time. 

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Lavan (24:21-33)

This week we are introduced to Lavan and Eved Avraham retells everything that happened since the beginning of the perek.

1. How can we tell that Lavan is not such a good guy?
2. Why does the Torah repeat Eved Avraham's story in complete detail (making this the longest perek in the Torah) instead of just saying, "and so he told him the story"?