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GENESIS — 20:7 prophet

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GEN
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GEN1086 If he were not a prophet, it would not be necessary to return her? – This is the meaning: “Return the wife of the man,” and as to your saying: “Did he not say to me: ‘She is my sister’? he is a prophet and has divined your motives from your deportment.  If a visitor comes to a city, is it customary to ask him: “Is she your wife or your sister”! From here it is to be derived that a Noachide incurs the death penalty in such instances of capital offense where he could have learned the truth and did not. Makkoth 96 TEMIMAH-GEN 94

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GENESIS — 21:1 remembered

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GEN
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GEN1107 Rava said to Rabbah b. Mari: “Whence do the Rabbis derive their formula: ‘If one prays for his friend, and he is in need of the same thing himself, he is answered first’? From the verse Genesis 20:17: ‘And Abraham prayed [for Avimelech],’ after which it is written: ‘And the Lord remembered Sarah as he said’ – as Abraham said on behalf of Avimelech” Baba Kamma 92a TEMIMAH-GEN 95

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GENESIS — 23:4 before

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GEN
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GEN1150 One whose dead one is before him is exempt from all of the mitzvoth of the Torah.  And though the body may not actually be in front of him, still, since it is incumbent upon him to bury it, it is considered as lying in front of him, as it is written: “And I will bury my dead one from before me” Berachot 18a TEMIMAH-GEN 105

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GENESIS — 23:16 current

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GEN
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GEN1154 R. Elazar said: “The wicked say much, and do not do even a little.   How do we know this? From Efron.   In the beginning it is written: “four hundred silver shekels,” and in the end: “four hundred silver shekels current with the merchant,” Efron refusing to take anything but centenaria of far greater value than standard shekels Bava Metzia 87a TEMIMAH-GEN 106

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GENESIS — 24:33 eat

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-GEN
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GEN1186 “I will not eat” – From here it is to be derived that if food is set before one, he need not wait to be told to eat, for Eliezer said: “I will not eat until I have spoken my words” – and he had not yet been asked to eat.   But since food had been set before him, asking was not necessary. MaGenesis Avraham 107:18 TEMIMAH-GEN 111

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