In Parshat Va'era, Hashem speaks to Moshe and says, “Va’eira el Avraham, el Yitzchak, ve’el Yaakov” — “I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Yaakov.” On this pasuk, Rashi comments simply: Va’eira el ha’Avot — “I appeared to the avot.”
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