Vayeira: Runaways

by Matthue Roth on November 6, 2009 · 3 comments

There’s a lot of stories in Vayeira. Child sacrifice (well, almost), strange visits from strange figures who eat milk and meat together, and a whole bunch of complicated relationship stuff. It’s not surprising most people forget about a little baby named Ishmael — and of a really odd scene that happens by a wellspring, with an angel.



Parshat Vayeira from G-dcast.com

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CA November 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM

A very strange video.

Who is Seh-rah? Why is she made into some bitch? And what “great” nation are we talking about? Surely not our cousin mamzeirim, y”sh?

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Risa November 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM

Um, trying to be cute. Yishmael was NOT a baby. He was at least 16. (13 when he was circumcised and then three years until the big party when Yitzhak was weaned. There is a mildly inspirational message in this cartoon but I really don’t think I want to see more of this stuff. There is a lot in the story of Avraham and his family but it doesn’t fit well into 4 minute cutsie-pooh. So, skip it next time!

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SF2K1 November 8, 2009 at 8:44 AM

Rashi says ~24 months for weaning, so younger than that, and Ishmael was ~17 and completely exhausted from thirst/sickness (so that he’s depicted as a toddler doesn’t matter that much), but either way, no reason to be a spoil sport. The video did bring up some interesting questions, although I’m not sure it did a great job of actually answering the question from a torah view other than that she was “panicky”.

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