Timeline for Why did Avraham wait to have a bris?
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| Jan 23, 2013 at 0:44 | comment | added | moses | that is perhaps true | |
| Jan 22, 2013 at 18:12 | comment | added | A Blue Thread | But by this logic, Avraham would not have celebrated the Sabbath, because that was a covenant/pact. (Exodus 31:16) | |
| Jan 20, 2013 at 18:32 | comment | added | moses | The point is that any מצוה who's expressed intent is a "pact", having that pact from only one side is useless. I assume that the sam would apply in other מצוות who's intent is a pact. Furthermore, I recall someone (again I forgot who) said that even though nowadays we are not דורש טעמא דקרא, before the giving of the תורה, the אבות in keeping the תורה did keep the reasons too, therefore having a circumcision without a covenant wasn't on their agenda. This may also explain why יעקב married two sisters: he calculated that in this case the reason for the איסור of two sisters didn't apply. | |
| Jan 20, 2013 at 17:08 | comment | added | Bruce James | Why would it be untenable only for Bris Milah and not the other mitzvos? | |
| Jan 20, 2013 at 14:54 | history | answered | moses | CC BY-SA 3.0 |