{"id":37157,"date":"2018-08-07T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=37157"},"modified":"2022-03-01T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:14:36","slug":"hospitality-a-family-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/hospitality-a-family-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality: A Family Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[418,379],"acf":{"old_id":"37157","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33692,"related_cahpter":"19","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Lot and Abraham Compared","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter 18 opens with Abraham sitting at the entrance to his tent. Almost immediately, wayfarers pass by and we witness an account of Abraham\u2019s enthusiastic hospitality. The words \u201crun\u201d, \u201cquick\u201d are repeated over and over as Abraham hurries to attend to the strangers&#8217; every need. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a parallel scene of ch.19, we witness Lot&#8217;s hospitality, which mirrors that of his uncle Abraham:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lot sits at the gate of Sodom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He sees the strangers and greets them<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He bows down low<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implores them to join him at his home, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He offers them a place to rest<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And he prepares a meal especially for them. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly Lot has learnt a considerable amount from Abraham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there is one striking difference. Abraham involves his entire family: &#8220;And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: Quick, three seahs of choice flour! Knead and make loaves.&#8217; And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf \u2026 and gave it unto the boy (Rashi \u2013 Yishmael) \u2026&#8221; (18:6-7)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abraham involves his wife, his son. Hospitality is not his own personal project; it is a family agenda. This family agenda becomes our national legacy: \u201c&#8230; for I have singled him (Abraham) out that he may instruct his children &#8230; to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is just (<em>tzedaka<\/em>) and right (<em>mishpat<\/em>) &#8230;\u201d (18:16-20)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abraham is not simply a man of personal ethical standards. He teaches his children to do that which is \u201cjust and right.\u201d He establishes a family tradition of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chesed<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a tradition that necessitates instruction, teaching, cultivation. It doesn&#8217;t just come naturally, inculcated not simply by example, but rather by practice and training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what of Lot&#8217;s family? We do not hear of his daughters waiting upon the visitors at the table. Even his wife is absent as he entertains the two angelic messengers in his home. Lot has to bake the bread himself, it was Lot who personally prepared the food. His family was uninvolved. Furthermore, when Lot proposes to have his daughters violated to protect his guests, we see his warped sense of responsibility to others, and his muddled morality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe it is not surprising then, that sons-in-law desire to remain in Sodom, his wife, so distressed at the destruction of her hometown, looks back and is turned into lifeless unproductive salt. And what of Lot&#8217;s two daughters? They end up in an embarrassing act of incest with their father. Lot&#8217;s family do not join the community of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chesed<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, of that which is Just and Right, <em>tzedek <\/em>and <em>mishpat<\/em>. They live for themselves. Despite the example of their father, the value of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chesed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> failed to pass over the generational divide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hachnasat Orchim<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 hospitality, one of our basic Jewish values &#8211; should permeate the entire culture of the family.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":71148,"id":71148,"title":"jer29-family","filename":"jer29-family.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer29-family.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/marry-and-beget-sons-and-daughters\/jer29-family\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer29-family","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71147,"date":"2020-03-03 13:13:26","modified":"2022-03-01 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