{"id":6898,"date":"2017-10-28T01:36:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T01:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:32:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:32:36","slug":"bits-torah-truths-parashat-vayera-places-wickedness-lukewarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-torah-truths-parashat-vayera-places-wickedness-lukewarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0, Parashat Vayera, Places of Wickedness and being Lukewarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ROQT3W8yH_w\"><iframe title=\"Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayera, Places of Wickedness and being Lukewarm\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ROQT3W8yH_w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Torah portion the Lord God Almighty Himself met with Abraham over dinner as a friend to discuss what was taking place in the nearby region of Sodom and Gemara.\u00a0 These places of wickedness had gone up before God to the extent that He sent His messengers to investigate the matter.\u00a0 Following the meal, the messengers traveled to Sodom and we read the following, \u05d8\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05dd\u05ae \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u0592 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05a8\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u059c\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05a4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05dd\u0599 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e1\u05b7\u05a3\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u0594\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u0596\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3\u05be\u05d6\u05b8\u05e7\u05b5\u0591\u05df \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u0596\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05e6\u05b6\u05bd\u05d4\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">19:4 They had not yet lain down, when the townspeople, the men of Sodom, young and old\u2014all the people to the last man\u2014gathered about the house.<\/span><\/em> \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05a4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u0599 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05a3\u05d0\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u0594\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05a7\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u059b\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8\u05be\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05a5\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u0596\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u0591\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05a3\u05dd \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b5\u0594\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u0596\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05bd\u05dd\u05c3 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">19:5 And they shouted to Lot and said to him, \u201cWhere are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may be intimate with them.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Note how the men of the city did not just assume these visitors would have sexual relations with them; their level of depravity in their request was one of criminal activity.\u00a0 This is the conclusion of the commentary <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chizkuni on Bereshit \/ Genesis 19:5 Part 1<\/span><\/em> which states, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201c\u05d5\u05e0\u05d3\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05dd, so that we may engage in homosexual relations with them;\u201d<\/span><\/em> the word \u05d9\u05d3\u05e2 is familiar to us from Genesis 4:1 where it described Adam in engaging in carnal relations with Chavah. Besides, it is clear from Lot\u2019s offer of his two virgin daughters as an alternative to satisfy the carnal desires of the men of Sodom (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">19:8<\/span><\/em>), that these men were planning a criminal activity.\u201d\u00a0 The people of Sodom are the example of a people living by their emotions and the desires of the flesh (\u05d9\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e2, Yetser Hara).\u00a0 This is the mentality of our culture today to teach our children to be fluid, gender neutral, or whatever suits one\u2019s carnal feelings at any given time.\u00a0 This is a culture of immorality and sin which was so great the Lord God in heaven destroyed these peoples.\u00a0 This is the very same culture we find ourselves living in today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BTT_Parashat-Vayera-2017.pdf\">BTT_Parashat-Vayera-2017<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s Torah portion the Lord God Almighty Himself met with Abraham over dinner as a friend to discuss what was taking place in the nearby region of Sodom and Gemara.\u00a0 These places of wickedness had gone up before God to the extent that He sent His messengers to investigate the matter.\u00a0 Following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bits-of-torah-truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}