Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Blemished Gedolim IV

 Ramban (Bereishis 12:10) Know that Abraham our father unintentionally committed a great sin by bringing his righteous wife to a stumbling-block of sin on account of his fear for his life. He should have trusted that G-d would save him and his wife and all his belongings for G-d surely has the power to help and to save. His leaving the Land, concerning which he had been commanded from the beginning, on account of the famine, was also a sin he committed, for in famine G-d would redeem him from death. It was because of this deed that the exile in the land of Egypt at the hand of Pharaoh was decreed for his children. 

2 comments:

  1. as far as I am aware, Ramban is the only commentator to have criticised Avraham for these 2 tests. Is it based on a Midrash ?
    IR, what do you say about these tests ? follow IR? :)

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