The people loved sacrificing, and they made offerings to strange gods; therefore, God said to them: "If ye will sacrifice, bring your offerings at least to me."
Scripture ordains that the Hebrew slave who loves his bondage shall have his ears pierced against the doorpost. Why?
Because that ear heard from Sinai's heights these words: "They are my servants; they shall not be sold as bondsmen." My servants, and not lay servant's servants; therefore, pierce the ear of the one who loves his bondage and rejects the freedom offered him.
He who sacrifices a whole offering shall be rewarded for a whole offering; he who offers a burnt-offering shall have the reward of a burnt-offering; but he who offers humility to God and man shall receive as great a reward as though he had offered all the sacrifices in the world.
The God of Abraham will help the one who appoints a certain place to pray to the Lord.
Rabbi Henah said, "When such a man dies they will say of him, 'A pious man, a meek man, hath died; he followed the example of our father Abraham.'"
How do we know that Abraham appointed a certain place to pray?
"Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the Lord."
Rabbi Chelboh said, "We should not hurry when we leave a place of worship."