Abraham is a legendary model of hospitality. With the help of his wife Sarah, he quickly prepared a sumptuous dinner for three messengers of God who pretended to be vagrants. His kindness is especially noble, because he was circumcised at the age of ninety-nine because of an appointment with God, when he was still recovering. Jews follow his example and admire the virtue of hospitality, especially for strangers. Although many of their norms are borrowed from the surrounding Greeks and Romans, they emphasize sincerity rather than simple etiquette, paying attention to both the behavior of the host and the performance of the guests-even extending the requirements for guests to those who travel in foreign countries.

In the Talmud, this description only pays attention to etiquette and lacks a sincere master:

He warmly invited his neighbors to visit, but in fact he didn't really welcome them in his heart.

He tried to give gifts to his neighbors many times, knowing that they would not accept them.

He convinced the guests that he had specially opened a barrel of wine to entertain them, but in fact the barrel of wine had been sold to the shopkeeper.

Bayou Chana is a terrible host.

Bayou Chana decided to hold a banquet for the Roman nobles. He consulted Rabbi eliezer Bin Yus Ha Golili.

Rabbi Eli said, "If you want to invite twenty people, be prepared to entertain twenty-five people. If you are going to invite twenty-five people, prepare to entertain thirty people. "

But Bayou Chana didn't listen to advice. She only prepared meals for 24 people, but invited 25 people.

As a result, he lost a dish.

He put a gold plate in front of the guests without food. The guest threw the plate in front of him and said angrily, "Do you want me to eat gold?"

Bayou Chana went to Rabbi Eliezer Bin Yus Al-Ghali and said, "I shouldn't tell you about the treat, because you taught me how to do it and I didn't listen to you. However, I want to know, has God revealed the secrets of the law to you scholars and told you the secrets that make guests happy? "

Rabbi Eli replied, "God has told us the secret of making our guests happy."

"Do you know what to do?" He asked.

Rabbi Eli replied, "I learned it from David. The book says,' Abner came to David's house in Hebron with twelve men, and David gave a banquet in honor of Abner and his followers', not simply saying,' He gave a banquet', but saying,' Treat his followers'.

What should a good guest say?

"My master is very difficult for me. How much meat he put in front of me! How much wine he gave me! How many cakes he gave me! All this, he is to make me happy! "

But what about a bad guest?

"Master what price for me? I only ate a small piece of bread. I only ate a small piece of meat. I only had one glass of wine! No matter what the owner does, it is just to make his wife and children happy. "

The warmly treated guest should leave some food on the plate, which shows that the host has provided more food than he needs. If he eats everything, people may say that the host is not good at entertaining guests.

However, if the owner says to him, "Please don't leave any, why feed the dog the good food that people eat?" He should obey his master's wishes and eat all the food. However, if the owner has to feed the leftover food to the dog, he commits the crime of wasting food.

Moses led the people to Edom, and they said to the king, "Please let us pass through your land ... We don't drink from any well. 」

Moses said to the king of Edom, "We don't drink the water from the well that we carry with us (there is a well that is said to accompany the Jews on their journey), and we don't eat manna from heaven.". You don't have to complain that we only bring you trouble, because we bring you business. "

When calculating the cost of traveling abroad, a person should not eat or drink what he has with him, even if he has all kinds of necessary things with him. On the contrary, in order to promote trade, he should buy what he needs from local shopkeepers.