Four hundred shekels of silver in negotiable currency
L’Chaim | November 10, 2023
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Four hundred shekels of silver, in negotiable currency
(Gen. 23:16)
The Torah foresaw the future difficulties Jews would have defending their rights to their holy sites. The Torah therefore devotes much time detailing the transaction by which Abraham acquired the Cave of Machpela, and the exact sum he spent to purchase it.
(Drashot El-Ami)
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