Ramban on Vayeira: LeMaan Yitzaveh Et Banav Acharav; Forfeiting one's own spiritual growth for the sake of reaching out to others; Lot's daughters propagate the world; the death of Lot's wife

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November 01 2012
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Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: Kew Gardens Hills Kew Gardens Hills

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We will study a number of insights of the Ramban on Parshat Vayeira. First the choice of Avraham because he will "Yitzaveh Et Banav Acharav". Second, the concept of forfeiting one's own spiritual growth for the sake of reaching out to others and teach them and do chesed on their behalf. Third, Lot's daughters who believe that the entire world had been destroyed and it was left to them to propagate the world. The reason for the death of Lot's wife and the prohibition of looking back at the moment of the destruction of Sedom.

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