Video: Do You Dig Wells?
The Late Parsha Show with Eli Weiss: Avraham inspired and Yitzchak dug wells. Motivation, and a hole in the ground. Video
The Late Parsha Show with Eli Weiss: Avraham inspired and Yitzchak dug wells. Motivation, and a hole in the ground. Video
Humans need water to survive. In the times of the Patriarchs, one got water from lakes, rivers, or wells. So w/o lakes and rivers nearby, one needs wells. It used to be that a feudal king, e.g. Avimelech, would control the wells. Not only did wells allow a person to live and have water for his family and animals, wells represented money (selling water rights) and power. If you have a monopoly on water, you can charge whatever you want for it. If you have control over all the water, you can control who comes in and out of your… Read more »
and the part with the lawnmower cow