Lech Lecha(Genesis 12-17) Abramah 'Believed' Hashem "And he
believed in Hashem and He considered it for him as
righteousness." And he believed in Hashem - RASHI: He didn't ask
for a sign to [confirm] this. But regarding the promise to
inherit the land he did ask for a sign and asked "How shall I
know [that I will inherit the land]?" Why has Rashi added the
matter of asking for a sign, which is nowhere evident in the
verse? WHAT'S BOTHERING RASHI? An Answer: The statement that
Abraham 'believed' Hashem is quite strange. Stranger yet is the
statement that God considered this 'believing' an act of
righteousness. Of course Abraham believed God! Why not? God had
spoken to him personally. If Abraham doubted that he experienced
a true prophetic event, then why should he believe in his
hallucination? But certainly the prophetic event was of the kind
that brings with it a sense of certainty. So again we ask: Why
shouldn't Abraham believe God's word? And why was such believing
considered righteousness? These are the qu