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Parshat Lech Lecha - Hagar having a separate malach
The Maskil Lidavid (there) explains because 1 malach can't do 2 jobs. He there explains what job each malach is doing, each malach had his own unique message to tell Hagar.
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Why was Abraham cheap with Hagar and his son Yishmael?
The Ibn Ezra on the pasuk writes two noteworthy points:
Bread and a skin of water. Since Hashem told him to listen to all that Sarah said he could not give Hagar anything without Sarah’s permission. ...
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Was Hagar Abraham's second wife or his pilegesh?
The Haamek Davar writes,
לאברם אישה לו לאשה. תיבת לו מיותר. וביעקב כתיב ותתן אותה ליעקב לאשה. אלא כדברינו שכך היה התנאי. דלגבי אברם לבד תהא לאשה ולא לשפחה. אבל לגבי שרה תהא לשפחה כמו שהיה וע׳ להלן ...
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Why did Hagar go back?
Because God told her to go back:
And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress, and submit to her harsh treatment." [Gen. 16:9-11]
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What's the difference between a שִׁפְחָ֥ה and a אָמָ֖ה?
The first difference is the level of status and the resulting work they do. The Kesav VeHakabbalah in Parshas Mishpatim 21:7 notes:
לאמה. המשרתת תקרא אמה, והיא לרש"פ מדרגה חשובה מן השפחה, שהשפחה ...
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Discussion of Hagar's name
Malbim says that it indicates that she did not convert:
ושמה הגר ר"ל שלא נתגיירה כי לא נשתנה שמה שבעת הגרות היו משנים את השם
Shadal cites an explanation that the name Hagar is a post facto ...
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Why did Sarai & Abram have the slave Hagar?
How did the Egyptian handmaid named הָגָר Hagar [Bereshit 16:1] become servant to שָׂרַי Sarai ?
Rashi [1] believed : "She [Hagar] was a daughter of Pharaoh; when he saw the miracles which had ...
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Why did Sarai & Abram have the slave Hagar?
The [midrash][1] says after Avraham and Sara visited Egypt, Pharoh was so impressed with them that he gave his daughter (Hagar) to them as a slave. It was better for her to be a slave in Avrahams ...
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Why did Sarah demand to expel Hagar?
As far the latter part of your question, as to Avraham could remarry her....
It says in Bereishis 25:1
וַיֹּ֧סֶף אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה וּשְׁמָ֥הּ קְטוּרָֽה׃
Avraham took another wife, and ...
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Why did Hagar go back?
Although I am searching for the Midrash, I found a note years ago that the Midrash says Hashem was telling Hagar what would happen to Yishmael if she did not return to Sarah. Therefore, Hagar returned ...
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What's the difference between a שִׁפְחָ֥ה and a אָמָ֖ה?
אָמָה usually refers to a Jewish girl who was sold into slavery which she can only be until the age of twelve. (אָמָה הָעִבְרִיָּה)
שִׁפְחָ֥ה usually refers to a non-Jewish woman (can be any age) who ...
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Why did Sarai & Abram have the slave Hagar?
So, according to the Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (26:7), Sarai was taken to the Pharaoh in order to be his wife and because of his love for Sarai, he wrote in her marriage document all his wealth. Not only ...
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Why would Hagar go to the desert to inevitable death?
The Ibn Ezra on the passuk writes two noteworthy points:
Bread and a skin of water. Since Hashem told him to listen to all that Sarah said he could not give Hagar anything without Sarah’s permission. ...
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