Passuk questions
Who was Hagar ? and where did she come from?
she is sarai's maidservent and she is from egypt
עֲצָרַ֤נִי
restrained
how old was Avraham when Ishmael was born
86
what does Ishmael mean?
and Hashem heard my affliction (suffering)
why did Pharoh send his daughter hager to live with Avraham and sarah?
because he saw the miracles Hashem did for them and he would rather his daughter live as a servant in a house with g-d than a wife in an immoral one.
what does it mean "Hashem has restrained me "?
sari couldn't get pregnant because Hashem did not create her with a womb.
פֶּ֣רֶא אָדָ֔ם
a wild donkey of a man or savage
10 is the amount of
years that Avraham and Sarai lived in Cannan (eretz yisroel) before he married hagar.
what did Hager call Hashem in the desert
the seeing G-d , a G-d who sees
why does it say and Avraham listened to Sarai's voice as opposed to "listened to sarai"
because the voice represents that Hashem's shchina was with sarai when she suggested it and Avraham saw that she was right.
what did Sarai mean when she mentioned that by hager marrying Avraham she might be built-up from her.
because the intention was that hager will have the child but Sarai would still be able to educate him. So she will be built up (having a legegy a child) through her maid.
אֵ֣ל רֳאִ֑י
g-d of seeing
when was ishmael circumsised?
13
what was the well named ? where hager was found. by the angel.
Be'er lchai roi
what do we learn from the number 10 according to rashii
that a husband is obligated to marry another if his wife after 10 years if cant have a child. The man has an obligation to have children, not the women. So after ten years, he can try with someone else.
explain the statement " and her mistress became unimportant in her eyes"
she thought she was more righteous than Sarai because she gave birth right away and started treating her badly. She would say that Sarai is not righteous only pretends that's why she didn't get pregnant right away.
וַתִּבְרַ֖ח
ran away, fled
what was the blessing the angel gave to hager
she will have many children and so abundant you can count
what kind of person did the malach describe ishmael to be?
a wild donkey of a man
explain according to rashii , "Have i seen him here also"?
hager was used to seeing angels in the tent of avraham but here she is in awe that in the desert in her own merit she was able to see the angels.
explain "May my injustice be upon you"
what was the injustice?
hint: argument between Sarai and Avraham
1) when Avraham prayed to have a child he didn't specify that he should have it with Sarai
2) he saw and heard how Hager was treating her and remained silent
הָרָ֔תָה
pregnant
what does the class need to get on their test for a siyum
b or above
why did the angel ask Hager where she comes from and why she is here if he already knew?
because we learn to state the obvious to make a person feel comfortable and let them decide what they want to share and open up
explain, "his hand will be in everything and everyone hand will be upon him"?
he is a bandit and feels he is entitled to everything even things that are not his and he will have a,lot of enemies who's hands will be upon him and try to kill him