Parshas Vayeira
וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים נִצָּבִים עָלָיו וַיַּרְא וַיָּרָץ לִקְרָאתָם מִפֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אָרְצָה “And he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, three men were standing beside him, and he saw and he ran toward them from the entrance of the tent, and he prostrated himself to the ground.” On the third (most painful) day following his Bris Mila (circumcision), Avraham was eagerly waiting at the entrance of his tent for travelers so that he could invite them into his abode (tent) and perform the mitzvah of Hachnasas Orchim. Hashem had seen how passionate Avraham was regarding this mitzvah and sent three malachim (angels) who appeared as Arab travelers to Avraham. When Avraham saw the malachim as the passuk says, “ and he lifted his eyes… and behold three men…” Avraham ran to the three men and had them wash their feet and fed them beneath the shade of a tree. Those malachim were not divinely sent for the sole purpose of satisfying Avraham ‘