The Hospitality of Our Patriarch Abraham – Midrash
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Question
Shalom Rav!
I heard a class by a certain rabbi (very well-known) who spoke about the wonderful hospitality of our patriarch Abraham, which was expressed in that he would slaughter a calf specifically for each guest and would eat with him so that the guest would feel comfortable while eating. And the question the rabbi raised was: how was Abraham able to contain such an amount of food in his stomach? And he answered that Abraham would vomit the food behind his tent after the guest left, and in this way he could eat large quantities of calves several times a day. I would very, very much like to know the source for these words.
I heard a class by a certain rabbi (very well-known) who spoke about the wonderful hospitality of our patriarch Abraham, which was expressed in that he would slaughter a calf specifically for each guest and would eat with him so that the guest would feel comfortable while eating. And the question the rabbi raised was: how was Abraham able to contain such an amount of food in his stomach? And he answered that Abraham would vomit the food behind his tent after the guest left, and in this way he could eat large quantities of calves several times a day. I would very, very much like to know the source for these words.
Answer
Shalom u-vracha
I have not found such a Midrash.
Only in a book called 'Sha'ar Binyamin', whose author is a contemporary, did I see this written as his own conjecture.
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