Rabbi Gordon - Vayeira: 5th Portion
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Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon directed Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, CA until his passing in 2016.
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Did Yishmael's descendants justify refusing water to the travelers by saying they remembered how he had been cast out when he was ill, and told to return to Egypt, unwelcome to stay along with his half brother? Is it a foreshadowing of Shelomit bat Divri(sp)?
I have not seen commentaries make this connection.
He was cast out not because he was ill but only because he was teasing his half-brother. See verse 8 and the commentaries there.
See also the following lesson on Shlomit bas Divri and the story there.
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