Why Avraham Is Called the Father of a Yeshiva
Why Avraham Is Called the Father of a Yeshiva
Part of Bereishit · 3:00
Explores why Avraham prayed specifically after midnight, Torah study said to predate Sinai by two thousand years, and the two distinct 'Lech Lecha' episodes in his life.
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One reason the Gemara said was because Avraham was greater, Avraham knew exactly, 讚讗爪讟讙谞讬谞讜转 讙讚讜诇讛 讛讬讛 讘诇讘讜, and he knew exactly the stars, he knew to the second. Ee nami, another reason why Avraham is different, maybe we can't learn from him, that's what we're holding, the first line, the wide lines, 诪砖讜诐 讚讝拽谉 讜讬讜砖讘 讘讬砖讬讘讛 讛讜讛. Avraham was a talmid chacham, he learned in yeshiva. 讜讗诪专 专讘 讞诪讗 讘专讘讬 讞谞讬谞讗: 诪讬诪讬讛诐 砖诇 讗讘讜转讬谞讜 诇讗 驻住拽讛 讬砖讬讘讛 诪讛诐. All the years of the Avos, they never stopped a yeshiva, they always had a yeshiva. Huh? They had their own yeshiva? Yeah, they had a yeshiva. Yeah. Avraham didn't learn, Avraham didn't learn by Shem v'Ever? Well, first, but that, that's before, but then later. But here, when it says here, it means he learned before, and then he also had a yeshiva. 讛讬讜 讘诪爪专讬诐, 讬砖讬讘讛 注诪讛诐. They were in Mitzrayim, they had a 讬砖讬讘讛, 砖谞讗诪专, it says: \"诇讱 讜讗住驻转 讗转 讝拽谞讬 讬砖专讗诇\" - go and gather the zekenim. What's a zaken? 讝拽谉 讝讛 砖拽谞讛 讞讻诪讛, that's a talmid chacham. 讛讬讜 讘诪讚讘专, 讬砖讬讘讛 注诪讛诐. They were in the midbar, they had a 讬砖讬讘讛, 砖谞讗诪专: \"讗住驻讛 诇讬 砖讘注讬诐 讗讬砖 诪讝拽谞讬 讬砖专讗诇\" - gather me 70 people from the zekenim. 讗讘专讛诐 讗讘讬谞讜 讝拽谉 讜讬讜砖讘 讘讬砖讬讘讛 讛讜讛. Avraham was a 讝拽谉, learned in 讬砖讬讘讛, 砖谞讗诪专: \"讜讗讘专讛诐 讝拽谉 讘讗 讘讬诪讬诐\". 讝拽谉 is... So
why is it called 讗诇驻讬讬诐 砖谞讜转 转讛讜? Huh? If they had, if they had Torah? Torah wasn't given yet. So what is, so what is the 诪注诇讛 of Torah? It wasn't given yet, it was before... 注讚讬讬谉 诇讗 谞讬转谞讛. It says that they learned Torah, they did the mitzvot, but 注讚讬讬谉 诇讗 谞讬转谞讛. Ah, you could ask, by the year 2000, what happened? What happened by the year 2000? Year 2000, Avraham Avinu was born 1948. There was no Torah yet, yeah. Born 1948? 1948, yeah. Baruch Hashem. Oh, yeah! And look at the difference. Avraham Avinu was born the Yiddishe 1948, you're born in the Goyishe 1948, okay? A shtikel difference. Israel has been... and the whole difference between those years is whole... Wait. Wait. So al kol panim, so the year 2000, what happened then? It was in the time of Avraham Avinu's life. Ela mai? Avraham Avinu was 52 years old. What happened when Avraham, what changed at the time when Avraham Avinu was 52? 诇讱 诇讱. 诇讱 诇讱 was when he was 52.
Why in pasuk says at 75? So Tosafot says in Avodah Zarah there were two 诇讱 诇讱's. First, Hashem told him to go when he was 52, and then when that 诇讱 诇讱, that's when started 砖谞讬 讗诇驻讬诐 转讜专讛, because then already there was a certain