16 2. 3. Shalom Hartman Institute qnwin ayow ya Zohar on Abraham Melila Hellner-Eshed Midrashim on Abraham pes. 1 Zohar Vol. 1, Lech Lecha, Vayera, Hayei Sarah pes. 2-23 Zelda, Poem pes. 24DAs TR 28 MWD MI NNPOD 2m POT A ANA POD... (FO MHWATA} EMIX NODS SayN ON DYarIn MODI ADU NO vB’ Ra (1D "9 SNPINY) BAAN AVA IAN’ — DOW YPM MA AYANNY TAN ANIA OWI BMA NI Sy) AWSW WY NAAM Th PAH OMAN TMD OWA ANTM WN yn TIA »9I9 NAN MON Dab PRY TIDY INIA DANI YAY TINNY VAY AWS OW WD AKIN WN ,aPSPY PAY? OMAN (rx MDW) NEAWH Mao SRW AY MIO OMY PNY TY MaITb AN OrPHY SAwPY ND Nnpos wavs MENA AD wT ‘AROUND TANNA 7929 INT onRYD Ia" Dray" (OD YUN) ~ ‘BAY YYM BHWA }2 BTN r7Y’ DINU “B)AWDY DONNY DON NNT ANN AN ANN OMAN AYA NA ANNA | y7P IT WN. [PRY DAMAN — OW DNNY ANNA TN WP OMAN FN TN! AANA 7D ;MO DT Ds AM DN ria “nea YANO WHY AW IAB SNAWY DV" DNNY ,IPIP) PMS BAAN AY DAN MAN AAPA WN TD YA Yo) MIN AYA — 7293 NYP NON Tow Nd PNT MBNA ND TP fooan mot 99 TIANA’ Ova WA TM WN TWA NIN NWS Ta PN NAPOS TY AUIS MUNA NIT WIT /onaan FPA TAN’ OD SNPIN) YONI OMAN M = PAN may NIT NANO Pw! Nd > Apo n AWS D>PYA PY TAT wT Or xpi) ROW OMAN Mt — "AY”P Mb MAN ANAN OATANA NIP IND PIN — MEP _VE MINN RAW IND ON NP 7A _AVapA Med DON NA SD MN ARPAD NINA MN WPM BAAN APT MN” sna mn ‘Look up into the sky and count the stars, if you can count them’ (Genesis 15:5) He showed him a sign, how he multiplies them in the world. He showed him One, for in the beginning he was single in the world, ‘Abraham was one! (Ezek. 33:24) who came first to dwell under the wings of Sheckinah, Then he showed hin two, relating to Avraham and Yitzhak. Then he showed hin three, relating to Avraham and Yitzhak and Yaakov. Then he showed him the twelve tribes, and then seventy, and then he showed him countless number of stars, Showing that Israel will in the future multiply until they can't be counted. 'And the children of Israel were fruitful, and ncreased abundantly, and multiplied’ (Shmot 1:7). Midrash Rabbah - Genesis 46:1 ‘And Abram was ninety years old and nine’, etc, (Genesis! 7:1). Its written, 'I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness, I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at her first season’ (Hos. 9:10). R. Judan said: At first the fruit of a fig-tree is gathered one by one, then two by two, then three by three, until eventually they are gathered in baskets and with shovels. Even so, at the beginning, ‘Abraham was one! (Ezek. 33:24); then there were Abraham and Isaac; then Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Until eventually, And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, ete. (Ex. 1:7). R. Judan said: Just as @ fig contains nothing inedible save its stalk, and with its removal even this defect ceases, so did God say to Abraham: “There is nought unworthy in thee save thy foreskin: remove it and the blemish ceases’: hence, 'Walk before me and be whole’ Midrash Rabbah - Genesis 94:1 It is written, "My dove, my perfect one, is only one’, etc. (S.S. 6:9). This alludes to Abraham, as it says, ‘Abraham was one! (Ezek. 33:24). Midrash Rabbah - The Song of Songs 8:10 R. Berekiah interpreted the verse as applying to our father Abraham. "We have a little sister (ahot)' (Song 8:8) this is Abraham, as it says, ‘Abraham was one (ehad) and he inherited the land! (Ezek. 33:24). he, as it were, stitched together (#ha) all mankind in the presence of the Holy One, blessed be He.4 Bar Kappara said: Like a man who stitches up a rent.