DVAR TORAH
At the beginning of this week’s parsha, the Torah tells the story of the visit of three angels to our forefather Avraham. And while they came for a “bikur cholim call”, Avraham used their visit to fulfill the mitzvah of “hachnasat orchim”.
Interestingly, the Talmud (Bava Metzia 86b) comments that as a reward for everything Avraham did on his own to welcome these angels, G-d would do for the Jews as they wandered in the desert. But for everything that Avraham delegated to others to do, G-d would delegate as well.
But what was so wrong about Avraham delegating some of work in making these guests feel at home? After all, according to the midrash, it was Avraham's own son, Yishmael, who did these things? If so, couldn’t one argue that this was a way to Yishmael the mitzva of "hachnasat orchim"? So why did the Talmud criticize Avraham for delegating some of this mitzva to his son?
According to Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, z"l (the late Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Chevron) - the reason Avraham was criticized for not doing this mitzvah completely on his own, was because he should have known that the best way to educate his child was NOT by telling him what to do - but by doing it himself - and serving as a personal example!
It was this reason Avraham was criticized - for forgetting the most important principle in teaching your children: "don't simply do as I say - do as I do!"
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HALACHA OF THE WEEK: Hafrashat Challah Of the many agricultural mitzvot in the Torah, only one that is definitively required the Diaspora – the mitzvah of separating challah. This mitzvah applies when one bakes bread, cake, crackers, or cookies with at least 2-2/3 pounds of flour from the five grains - wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye. However, in order to recite a bracha five pounds of flour must be used.
When baking bread or a cake with a thick dough, one should separate challah after kneading but before the bread is baked. While when baking a cake with a batter that can be poured, the challah is separated after the cake is baked.
Procedurally, one breaks off a small piece of dough and says the bracha אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וציונו להפריש חלה or להפריש תרומה, then adds declares “harei zu trumah” or “harei zu challah.”
If separating challah for several batches of dough all at one time (when each one contains the shiur challah), all of the dough should be in close proximity to each other at the time of the declaration (and if the batches of dough are in bowls or containers, ideally the bowls should be open and touching.) However, if the containers do not contain the minimum amount required for challah, one should place all of the dough into one large container and then separate challah.
Once the challah has been separated, the Torah [Bamidbar 15:21] commands that the challah is given to a kohen to eat. Nowadays, the halacha is that the challah must be burnt. One way to do this is to place the small piece of dough in the middle of a burner on a gas stove top for a few minutes until it is burnt to a crisp – or put the piece of dough into the oven until it is completely burnt. (If the challah is completely wrapped up, one may bake other items in the oven while the challah is burning. However, if the challah is uncovered, it is best to avoid baking anything else in the oven while the challah is burning.)
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