tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post5927513885706306797..comments2022-11-13T03:56:54.744-05:00Comments on Daily Torah Thought: The tent with four doorsThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-89671472356439746442014-07-27T21:56:49.640-04:002014-07-27T21:56:49.640-04:00Thanks; yes, that does serve.Thanks; yes, that does serve.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-58733142241467052692014-07-27T18:58:33.831-04:002014-07-27T18:58:33.831-04:00The cut-n-past on the quoting didn't quite wor...The cut-n-past on the quoting didn't quite work. The ellipses should have been before R' Avohu, not in the middle of the quote.<br /><br />No mention of four doors, but "mefulash hayah" does get us close to the same point.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-63871318533699107332014-07-27T18:56:27.312-04:002014-07-27T18:56:27.312-04:00I think it's Bereishis Rabba (vilna 48:8):
א&q...I think it's Bereishis Rabba (vilna 48:8):<br />א"ר אבהו אהל פלן של אבינו אברהם מפולש היה<br />רבי יודן אמר.. כהדין דרומילוס, אמר אם אני רואה אותן שהפליגו את דרכם להתקרב דרך כאן אני יודע שהן באים אצלי כיון שראה אותן שהפליגו מיד <b>וירץ לקראתם מפתח האהל וישתחו ארצה</b>. micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-48964614041943133492014-07-25T17:43:13.543-04:002014-07-25T17:43:13.543-04:00R' Micha-
I did indeed - but I don't know ...R' Micha-<br />I did indeed - but I don't know where it appears. It must be somewhere... but I wonder if it's not just a product of the continuation in Avos d'Rabbi Nasan, in which we are told that Avraham's chesed was greater than that of Iyov.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-12512341570805899942014-07-25T06:31:44.273-04:002014-07-25T06:31:44.273-04:00I am thinking that this is not a second medrash fr...I am thinking that this is not a second medrash from the similar one we learned in preschool (I presume you did too) about Avraham's tent, but a variant. I find that more likely than the alternative -- that the author of this "mishnah" held up Iyov as a role model when Avraham was equally available.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com