Parshas
Vayeira
The
Chazal 42
Rashi tells us that
Avrohom ran out
and had three cows
slaughtered. He prepared
them for his
guests and then stood
over them while they
ate their meal.
TheShmuz
on the parsha
of nature in order to protect him. On a typical day, Avrohom
would spend much time and effort waiting on guests. Out of
concern for Avrohom?s condition, HASHEM took the sun out of
its normal course, making it unusually hot, so that there would
be no travelers to trouble Avrohom.
However, if it could be, Avrohom befuddled HASHEM. As
he sat there in his tent, he had more pain from not being able
to serve guests than he would have had if he had been running
around after them. Therefore, HASHEM sent three angels in the
form of men to allow Avrohom to serve them as guests.
When Avrohom saw three men standing on the horizon,
he ran out and bowed down to them, full face in the sand. He
said, ?Please do not pass by from me, your humble servant.? He
then brought them back to his tent and ran to prepare food and
drink for them. He ran to his cattle, took a ?young calf, soft and
good,? and had it prepared for them. He then stood over them
while they ate.
?

A Young, Soft And Good Cow

As every word in the Torah has a specific purpose, Rashi
is bothered by why the Torah deems it important to record
three adjectives: ?young,? ?soft,? and ?good,? when it describes
the cow that Avrohom brought. He explains that this teaches us
that Avrohom prepared three separate cows because he wanted
to serve a tongue to each of his guests.
The

Sifsei Chachamim

explains that the tongue has three
sections. The tip is soft, the middle is fatty, and the back has varied
textures. Avrohom wanted to be certain that there would be
enough of each section so that each guest could eat as much as
Because the way you think, becomes the way you feel...

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