Episode 52: Chapter 28b - Abraham's Ten Tests

Abraham's Levels of Prophecy (Chazon & Mareh) / Abraham's prophecies compared to Moses' / Counting the Stars / Reassuring Avraham of his merits / The animals at the Covenant Between the Pieces (Bris Bein HaBesarim) allude to the 4 Kingdoms of Exile / Combinations of the 4 Kingdoms (Islam and the Byzantine Empire) / Is Ishmael one of the Four Kingdoms? / Whom do the birds represents (Muslims, Erev Rav)? / The 3 Oaths / The Messiah will come in 1503 (according to Abarbanel) / A Great Dark Fear falls upon Avraham