Vayera 5779

1. How do we understand Avraham’s requests regarding the destruction of Sdom . If 10 צדיקים would be sufficient to save the city, why start with 50 and work down?

2. How does סנורים work? If the Sdom townspeople were outside Lot’s house, how did they suddenly lose their sense of direction?

3. Yishmael is not mentioned by name once in the story of his expulsion from Avraham’s home. Why?

4. Is the city of באר שבע located in ארץ פלישתים? On the one hand 21:32 implies that it is not, yet 21:34 does (based also on fact that Avraham returns to באר שבע after the עקידה).

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