Having Guests - Hachnasat Orchim
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The people who hosted the talmudic sages
The value of this mitzvah
Having Guests vs.
Learning Torah
: Shabbat 127a
Having Guests vs.
Manifestation of Hashem's Presence
: Shabbat 127a
Doing it for a
Torah Scholar
is like bringing the Daily Temple Offering: Berachot 10b
Reward
is in this world and in
Olam HaBa [World to Come]
: Shabbat 127a; Kiddushin 39b
Gratitude
to Egypt for their hostelry, despite the
slavery we endured there
: Pesachim 118b
Conduct of a guest
Concern for
modesty
when giving clothing to one's host to launder: Shabbat 140b
Miscellania
A
Torah Scholar
ought to lie if asked about the hospitality of his
host
, lest people take advantage of the host: Bava Metzia 24a
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