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Cave
What is מערה
100
This is the central question one could ask about the beginning of פרק כג.
What is the question "why does the תורה need to mention שרה's death here?
100
The reason why the תורה mentions שרה's death is to teach us that ה only takes a צדיק from this world when another has born to replace them.
What is the answer of the ספורנו as to why שרה's death is mentioned here?
100
"the city of the four giants", alternatively "the city of where the four couples were buried"
What are two explanations given by רשי to the phrase קרית ארבע?
100
this is abbreviated with ד"ה.
What is דיבור המתחיל
200
(קריה(ת
What is "the city/the city of"
200
The reason why שרה's death is mentioned here is to tell us the reason why she died; because she heard about עקידת יצחק ( which happened immediately before this in פרק כב) and she died from the shock.
What is the explanation of רשי (as to why שרה's death is mentioned here.)?
200
This is the explanation of the רשבם
What is "the reason why שרה's death is mentioned is to tell us the story of מכירת מערת המכפלה and to know exactly when it ocurred"?
200
This means according to רשי "he paid its full value"
What is the meaning of the phrase "בכםף מלא"
200
this is the full name of רשי's grandson
What is רשבם = רבי שמואל בן מאיר
300
"A dweller"
What is ״תושב״
300
"and אברהם came from ירושלים"
What is the meaning of the phrase "ויבא אברהם" if we were to only look at רשי ד"ה לספוד לשרה ולבכותה?
300
137
What is " the age that שרה lived until"?
300
"the city of the giant whose name was ארבע"
What is meaning of the phrase "קרית ארבע" according to the אבן עזרא?
300
Literally "another thing" but what it means, is that this commentary will be suggesting an alternative explanation. Double Points! Show me two places inside your חומש that these words are used.
What is דבר אחר Double points רשי כג:ב ד"ה בקרית ארבע רשי כג:ט ד"ה המכפילה
400
ופגעו לי״"
What is "and beseech/ ask on my behalf"
400
"and אברהם came from ירושלים, but stopped in באר שבע '(where he had a special place of worship) to praise and thank ה for sparing יצחק, and then he came from באר שבע.
What is the meaning of the phrase "ויבא אברהם" based on both רשי ד"ה ויבא אברהם and רשי ד"ה לספוד לשרה ולבכותה as explained by the רמבן?
400
These are two explanations of the phrase גר ותושב אנכי עמכם
What are " I was a stranger and now I live here" and "if you agree to sell me the field, than great view me as a stranger, if you refuse,then I will invoke my legal right to this land as someone who lives here, and take it by force, since ה has already given me this land."
400
These are two explanations of the term "מערת המכפילה"
What are "the cave that had two stories" and "the cave that was "doubled" with couples who are buried there"?
400
These are what רשי generally quote to explain the פסוקים. One could say that using these two explain the פסוקים is his general methodology of learning חומש.
What are מדרשים?
500
According to אונקלוס this phrase means "that is accepted for business in any country"
What is "עובר לסוחר"
500
A "potential' contradiction. (there are two possible "questions")
What is the phrase "גר ותושב" in פסוק ד or What are רשי ד"ה ויבא אברהם and רשי ד"ה לספוד לשרה ולבכותה in פסוק ב.?
500
Two names for the place שרה died.
What are חברון and קרית ארבע
500
This is the answer suggested to the question "why is it so important for the תורה to tell us about the buying of מערת המכפילה, and all the specific details surrounding the sale?"
What is " in order to impress on us and to teach us with no doubt that the Land of Israel and specifically our holy places belong to us. This is especially important since despite the clarity in the תורה there are those today (the radical muslims,) that suggest that we have no right to the land.
500
A translation of the תורה into Aramaic, written during the time period of the תנאים, by a righteous convert.
What is תרגום אונקלוס?