Ornan’s Threshing Floor: The Purchase of an Exclusive Relationship

Our parsha opens with the account of Avraham Avinu’s purchase of a burial plot for Sarah Immeinu. Seeking to bury Sarah in the famed ma’aras hamachpeila, Avraham requests to purchase the cave from Ephron “b’kesef maleh (for full price)”. Initially, Ephron offers the field free of charge. But Avraham demurs, insisting “kesef hasadeh kach mimeni”, […]

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