A Torah Reality Show

Let's go back to the story of Avraham and Sarah before they could have children. Sarah had the brilliant idea of proposing to Avraham that he take her maid, Hagar, as a wife so that he could finally have a son. At first glance, we think that this is great. Sarah was so righteous for doing this. However, when Hagar gets pregnant, Sarah becomes a little bit jealous. She feels that Hagar was supposed to be more of a "surrogate mother" than a wife to Avraham. She begins to think that Avraham is starting to love Hagar and is treating her life a real wife as well. This accusation does not seem like something such a righteous woman would do. Why do you think Sarah did such a thing? Avraham, like any other man, didn't want to deal with this pressure. He told Sarah to go ahead and do what she felt was right. However, what he didn't know was that it would turn into a whole big mess. Sarah began to inflict Hagar, which was very uncalled for, and Hagar ran away. This is just like a reality TV show today: There is "girl drama" over the man. Sarah is jealous and wants Avraham to have nothing to do with Hagar. Sarah sees her as just her maid, a peson who is not a great as her, so she wants to put her down...Beginning with this whole situation, this sefer starts to get interesting as it brings forth more "drama" and play-like scenes. So interesting! This helps apply these stories to our lives today and really understand the REALITY of the situation.