[Avodah] Bereshit 23: 6-16

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:13:33AM -0800, Simon Montagu wrote:
: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
:> Actually Chazal tell us there are three locations to which the nations
:> of the world can't possibly contest our title, because we paid cash for
:> them: Me'aras Hamachpela, Kever Yosef, and Har Habayis.  About the rest
:> of EY the nations can say "listim atem", but not about these three sites.
:> It's ironic, therefore, that today those are the three most contentious
:> sites, that the nations most strenuously insist are not ours.

: Apparently Chazal underestimated the ingenuity of the nations: rather
: than contesting our title, they contest the identification of the
: sites.

I once saw the first Rashi explained in similar terms. Why did R' Yichaq
assume the nations that challenge our claim to EY would care what *our*
scriptures say about Who owned the land and had a right to distribute
it?

Ela, the point is that some of *us* might weaken and be swayed by their
arguments.

I think something similar could be said here. We need the rebuttal for
our own chizuq.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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