tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post7645934533610870628..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Vayera: Why Do We Care That Lot Ate Matza On Pesach?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-3744354788677973382008-04-18T14:48:00.000-04:002008-04-18T14:48:00.000-04:00Perhaps the simples explanation would be that he k...Perhaps the simples explanation would be that he knew he could not, NOT offer his guests meal as he was taught by his uncle Avraham Avinu, and maybe cheese and crackers you might say, would be the quickest meal he could prepare and then send them on their way before anyone showed up at his door.<BR/><BR/>Or could be the climate of Sdom was more favorable to something like Matzot in terms of preservation or maybe he just like Matzot as a whole.<BR/><BR/>We did not invent Matzot, they were just the fastest thing they could prepare on their hurry out of Egypt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-10499227224666370042007-11-11T11:09:00.000-05:002007-11-11T11:09:00.000-05:00I'll try to check it out.Kol Tuv,JoshI'll try to check it out.<BR/>Kol Tuv,<BR/>Joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-21747510386178064012007-11-11T10:54:00.000-05:002007-11-11T10:54:00.000-05:00Did you see my follow-up comments on Divrei Chaim,...Did you see my follow-up comments on Divrei Chaim, explaining a thematic textual link between the story of Lot and the story of Pesah? I think some of that material could be appended to your poignant observations here.Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-50962036851937108552007-11-10T19:16:00.000-05:002007-11-10T19:16:00.000-05:00nice point!nice point!joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-67671643866345520662007-11-10T07:14:00.000-05:002007-11-10T07:14:00.000-05:00Wow! This ties together with the idea that G-d too...Wow! This ties together with the idea that G-d took the Jews out of Egypt at the earliest possible time. <BR/><BR/>Avraham was told that his descendents would be enslaved 400 years. In fact the 400 year period started with the birth of Yitzchok rather than the start of slavery. So what these midrashim say is that the period of slavery really was the absolute shortest it could be and still be technically 400 years - it started on Pesach, and it ended on Pesach!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com