Abraham's Bread Sustains the Heart and the Duty Not to Refuse the Great

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 18:5

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"And sustain your hearts." From here you learn that bread sustains the heart, as it is said, "and bread sustains the heart of man" (Psalms 104:15). "After that you shall pass on." This is one of the undecided readings in the Torah, for we do not know whether he said "and sustain your hearts" or "after that you shall pass on." "And they said, So shall you do." From here [we learn] that one does not refuse a great man.

Themes

HospitalityAbraham

Biblical References

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