devar torah

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DEVAR TORAH PARSHAS CHAII SARAH

BY: Zalmy Wolosow

By the whole story of when Avraham went to buy a plot of land to bury Sarah his wife the posuk uses a language that was contradictive. Avraham said I am a גר ותושב, meaning גר a stranger and ותושב a inhabitant.

Rashi explains; that what Avraham meant was that, if you are going to give me no problems and sell me the land than I am going to be to you as a stranger and if you will give me problems and not sell me the land than I will be to you as an inhabitant and then its mine from inheritance. So an obvious question is, that Hashem promised Avraham’s SEED the land in the FUTURE and not to Avraham now! So how can he claim the land from inheritance NOW?

The Rebbe explains; this is what Avraham meant. If the people would refuse to sell avraham the land than they would forfeit the land all together and Avraham would receive it. Meaning that the whole reason In the first place why the people had the land, is so they would hold the land temporarily for Avraham. So this is what the posuk meant!

HAVE A GREAT SHABOS!!!!!!!