Chapter 7, Mishna 1
Topics covered:
Why did king send messenger to hunt down Rabbah bar Nachmani?
Why did messenger’s face turn around?
What’s difference between studying Torah on earth and in heavenly academy?
How can Sages in heaven disagree with God?
Why was Rabbah chosen to arbitrate?
Why couldn’t angel of death take him?
What did note from heaven say?
What does it mean that employer must provide laborer with sustenance according to all of local custom?
Does employer need to specify what he’s going to feed laborer?
How was Abraham’s feast more lavish than Solomon’s?
What are “fatted fowl”?
What is relevance of Abraham preparing 3 calves for 3 guests?
What were 3 rewards Jewish people received for Abraham’s 3 types of hospitality?
How many angels overturned Sodom and what is relevance?
Can one decline the request of a lesser man? A great man?
From where do we learn that the righteous say little and do much, and the wicked say much and do not even a little?
Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park
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