## Ba'al Shem Tov, Vayera

###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Vayera 2:1
[Ba'al Shem Tov, Vayera 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ba%27al%20Shem%20Tov/s/Vayera/r/2:1)

שמעתי כי אורח הוא אור ח' ודפח"ח, לכן היה אברהם מכניס אורח, כי ח' הוא עולם הבא, כמו אורח הבא, והוא עולם הבינה, לכן היה אברהם מדת החסד יומא דכולא יומין, כי אור החסד הולך בכל הספירות עיין בכתבי האר"י זלה"ה בהלכות סוכה, לכן היה אברהם מכניס אור ח' הבינה בכל הספירות, לכן זכה אברהם לכל התורה על ידי תוספות ה' בשמו, כי הוא עולם הבינה שמשם יוצא התורה וכו':
(דגל מחנה אפרים בסופו, בקונטרס דברים ששמעתי מפי אא"ז זללה"ה)

**Ami Silver, 2020:**
“Guest” – *Oreach*(*אורח*) is *Or Chet* – the Light of Eight (אור ח'). Thus, Abraham received guests, for *chet* is the World that is Coming,²¹) represents one level above the creation, which is the transcendent World to Come. It also corresponds to the sefirah of Binah, which is the eighth sefirah when counting up from Malchus. like a guest that is coming. And this is the World of Binah. Therefore, Abraham was the attribute of Kindness (*Chesed*), “the day of all days.”²², on *parashas Yisro* 19:6. Because the light of *Chesed* goes in all the Sefiros. (See the writings of the Arizal in the laws of Succah).
Therefore, Abraham would bring the Light of *Chet*, [which is] the *Binah,* into all the Sefiros. Thus, he merited the entire Torah by means of the letter *hey* added to his name.²³ to his name, changing it from Abram to Abraham. The first letter *hey* in the Tetragrammaton corresponds to the sefirah of *Binah*, which is the source of the Torah. For this is the World of *Binah*, from where the Torah issues forth.
*Degel Machane Ephraim,*in the section: “Things I heard from my Grandfather”

footnotes:
²¹ The number seven represent the completion of creation, as in the seven days of the week. The number eight (chet
²² See Be’er Mayim Chayim
²³ The Sages say that Abraham knew and observed the entire Torah, as the verse says: “Because Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws” (Genesis 26:5). According to the Baal Shem Tov, this is because G-d added the letter hey