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And Hashem said, “Shall I conceal from Avraham what I am doing? etc. For I have known him in order that he may command his children etc. and they shall keep the way of Hashem.” — Rabbi Moshe Zuriel zt”l, Derishat Tzion, Parashat Vayera

Rabbi Moshe Zuriel of blessed memory

[A] When the Holy One, blessed be He, decided to punish the inhabitants of Sodom and to destroy the city from the face of the earth, it is written: “And Hashem said, ‘Shall I conceal from Avraham what I am doing? etc. For I have known him in order that he may command his children etc. and they shall keep the way of Hashem’” (Genesis 18:17–19). And why was it necessary to inform him? Rashi’s grandson (Rashbam) answered: “Shall I conceal from Avraham what I intend to overturn in Sodom? And I know that his children will keep the way of Hashem and will merit bringing upon them what [Hashem] spoke to Avraham—to give them the land of Canaan. And these towns are part of the inheritance of his children, as it is written in the boundary of Canaan in Parashat Noach (10:19): ‘And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon as you come to Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you come to Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah), Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.’ So how could I destroy his land, or the land of his neighbors, without his knowledge?”

[B] Among the Ba’alei ha-Tosafot is Rabbenu Yosef Bechor Shor, who added to the above words of Rashbam and brought support from the continuation of the verse (v. 18): “And Avraham will surely become a great and mighty nation,” etc. His words are: “That is to say, I have given this land to Avraham, and now I wish to destroy these cities that belong to him? How could I conceal it from him without his knowledge? And if you say that nothing is lost to him in this, for the land is broad enough for him and his seed? Therefore it says [that this is not so]: ‘And Avraham will surely become a great and mighty nation,’ and the entire land (is needed) [will be needed] for him. Therefore it is not for him to destroy without his knowledge. And He revealed it to him and obtained his consent, that if there are not ten righteous people there, He should destroy [the place]—and so He did. And afterward Avraham could no longer complain, for it was done according to his own words.”

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A Light Unto the Nations 
Evidence For the Existence of G-d[Hashem]
Book 1: Is G-d a Good Gamble?
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Book 2: Interpretation of the Bible

gaonpicB”H Excerpts from An Anthology of the Gaon by Rabbi Moshe Zuriel {Tzuriel}

A Selection of sayings of the Vilna Gaon regarding beliefs, extracted from most of the writings of his disciples, of those faithful to him, and from some of his own writings.

Swiftness

The fact that a person puts off performing a mitzvah until the morrow leads to his not performing it at all, rather, as soon as he has the opportunity he should immediately perform it – to Proverbs 10/8, 14/23, 27/1

If not now, then when?” (Avot I) – the Sages did not say ”if not today”, for even on the same day, one should already now, perform the mitzvah.- to Proverbs 6:9

This Anthology of the sayings of the Vilna Gaon is Not Appropriate For Non-Jewish
Souls. Instead they should scroll up this page to the section A Light Unto the Nations which is more appropriate for a mixed audience.

Anthology Topics: 1 Cruelty  2 Erev Rav  3 Father  4 The First Man  5 Forefathers  6 Heretics 7 The Holy Temple  8 Limbs 9 Love of G-d  10 Man  11 The Nations of the World 12 Prophecy 13 Reproof  14 Reward and Punishment 15 Suffering  16 Swiftness  17 Torah   18 Torah Study  19 The World to Come

–B”H

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