Halakhah su Genesi 18:16

“And that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house” (Isa. 8:57). More important is the reception of guests than to receive the presence of the Divine Glory,¹Shabbath 127a. for it is said, “and said, etc…. ‛My Lord, pass not away, I pray Thee, from Thy servant’” (Gen. 18:3). Abraham said before the Holy One, blessed be He, “wait for me until I welcome the guests into my home.” And a man is not required to give meat and wine to drink except according to his means.²Tosafoth, Hullin 84a, “Ten.” His bread and water let him give with joy. Far better is a meal of greens with a joyful countenance, than a fatted ox with an angry face. At mealtime let him say to him,³Ketuboth 111b. “My Lord, eat with joy, drink your wine with a glad heart, for the Lord knows that willingly and with an eager spirit I would give you meat, but by my life, I have not what to give you.” Concerning this it is said, “And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry” (Isa. 58:10).⁴Midrash Rabbah, ed. Horeb, Numbers, Chapter XXI, p. 168. In the morning when he departs give him some bread.⁵Daath Zekenim Baale Tosafoth, Deuteronomy 21:7. Because of the fact that Jonathan did not give bread to David when he departed from him, it developed that the inhabitants of Nob, city of the priests, were slain, and Saul and Jonathan were punished.⁶Sanhedrin 104a. Concerning this it is said, “For a man will transgress for a piece of bread” (Prov. 28:21). And as it is meritorious to be hospitable to the wayfarer, so is it meritorious to accompany them,⁷Sotah 46b. as it is written, “And Abraham went with them to bring them on the way” (Gen. 18:16). Come and see how important it is to feed the wayfarer. (Although) Micah made the idol and placed it so close to the Tabernacle that the smoke of the idol mingled with the smoke of the woodpile on the altar in the Tabernacle, yet the Holy One, blessed be He, said (concerning Micah) “Let him be, because his bread is available to wayfarers.”⁸Sanhedrin 103b.