hello my dear fellow classmates,
so perek yud chet is simply a strange perek!!
First Hashem and God have a discussion. Then Avraham basically tells God to hold on because he needs to serve the three angels. Then as he is serving the three angels and Sarah basically appears and overhears what they say about her having a baby and then she laughs. Then it suddenly talks about two angels going to Sdom. Then Hashem basically has a soliloquy and then he talks to Avraham. This is SUCH a BALAGAN!
But the thing that i would really like to focus on are the last two "scenes." Firstly, when Hashem talks to himself about destroying Sdom, he basically wonders how he can keep this from Avraham. Why? Why does Hashem have to be considerate of Avrahams feeling? they are not equals. Hashem can do whatever he wants! In addition, why does Avraham have the right to ARGUE with Hashem about destroying Sdom? He is trying to make a deal with Hashem as if he was his equal which he is not. How dare he? Why is Hashem allowing this behavior?
I completely agree with you and I was actually thinking the same thing in class! I really don't understand why Hashem would have a conversation with Himself. As Mrs. Perl was "acting it out," though, it kind of made sense. It seems to be that Hashem is taking to Himself but at the same time conveying to us what the situation was. This seems to be put in a way that we can understand the situation. Maybe it was a difficult situation to make. Alo, Avraham's actions sort of prove that we can talk to Hashem and ask Hm for things. Not everything He has planned is set in stone. Avraham seemed to have a great influence because one can tell that he has such good intentions. He wanted to do all that he could to stop Hashem from destroying innocent people, and I think that Hashem for sure recognized that this was a brave and caring move on his part. As Mrs. Perl also said, Avraham in this case was like the "hero."
ReplyDeleteI think Avraham had a different relationship with God than anyone else, therefore in this case i feel like we cant relate ourselves to Avraham, since he was special to God. Since God even mentioned it to Avraham, I feel like Avraham was able to respond to God, since he indirectly asked him what he thinks.
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