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GENESIS | 12:5 acquired — GEN780 Abraham could not bear to know the “Truth”...

GEN780 Abraham could not bear to know the “Truth” and see others around him who did not know or did not understand.  That is why he had a four-door tent, open to every direction, and he constantly invited guests in.  After a sumptuous meal, the strangers asked Abraham why he was so generous, and then Abraham explained the new idea about only One God called monotheism. Sotah 10b.  People were impressed both with Abraham’s idea and his charisma, and many people began to believe.  Thus, when God asked Abraham to leave his homeland and go to Canaan, he brought with him “people that he had made [acquired].”  The Talmud Sanhedrin 99a asks how can one human being “make” another human being and answers that through teaching a person Torah, you can “make” his or her soul.  Thus, Abraham reached out to everyone and taught everyone who would listen and convinced many people to believe.  AMEMEI 218

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