Abraham & Sarah Dilemmas II - Due Thursday 5/21

1) You are recovering from illness and there are 3 needy wanderers near your home. Do you put aside your needs to help them? Why? What is the mitzvah that you would be fulfillign if you do?


2) You believe that a judge has handed down an unfair sentence to an accused criminal. Do you let it go or do you protest? Why? What argument do you make to convince him to change his mind?

3) You have been ordered to expel members of your family from your home. How do you react? What do you snd them out with?

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Read Genesis ch. 18-22
To what stories about Abraham and Sarah are these scenarios parallel? Write/summarize them as Part II of your assignment.

Moral Dilemmas Facing Avraham & Sarah - due Thursday 5/7

1) You are "ordered" to leave your home and head out to another (foreign) land.
a) Do you obey? What do you do?
b) What are the possessions that you pack up and take with you, knowing that you have
"limited baggage?" (This question is not about "survival supplies;" it is about knowing that you are leaving this place forever and never coming back...so, what would you take with you?)

2) You are traveling through a foreign country and fear that your spouse will be killed so that your spouse will be kidnapped and taken as a "mate" for the local leader.
What do you do in order to protect yourself and prevent what you anticipate is likely to happen to you?

3) You and your spouse are unable to have children. You fear that if you do not take action, your family line will end with you.
a) What options, if any, do you have to have children (imagine that no technology exists to
help you)?
b) What choice do you make for your family?