Seudot Shlishit

Today I’d like to look at a bit of learning that we can gain from the Parsha that can give us an insight into one of the most potentially destructive human frailities………Gaiva, Ego. WE HAVE TWO EXAMPLES TO LEARN FROM
This week's Parsha opens as a grieving and distraught Avraham comes to eulogize, cry for, and bury his Sarah. Avraham approaches the Hittite family of Efron and the first recorded acquisition in the Torah is thus detailed. In fact, so much credence is given to the technicalities of this transaction that the Talmud derives quite a bit of commerce law from it. I would like to look at the human side of the deal. Let us examine the story.
Avraham approaches the children of Chayt to purchase land in which to bury Sarah. He says to them, "I am an alien and a resident. Please grant me an estate for a burial site with you that I may bury my dead from before me." (Genesis 23: 4) The children of Chayt answered Avraham in a very warm and enthusiastic manner. They sa...