_Bava Bathra_, fol. 15, col. 1.

Abraham's mother was Amathlai, the daughter of Karnebo.

_Bava Bathra_, fol. 91, col. 1.

Abraham was the head of a seminary for youth, and kept both laws, the
written and the oral.

_Yoma_, fol. 28, col. 2.

Abraham observed the whole ceremonial law, even before it was given on
Sinai.

_Kiddushin_, fol. 82, col. 1.

From the day Abraham was compelled to leave the idolatrous
worship and country of his fathers, it is reasonable to suppose
that his tent would become a rendezvous for his neighbors who
shrunk like himself from the abominations around them. There,
from his character, by which he recommended himself as the
friend of God, he might very naturally be looked upon as a
religious teacher, and men might gather together to learn from
his lips or profit by his example. Hence, making due allowance
for Eastern hyperbole, the statement of the Book of Jasher
(chap. xxvi. verse 36) is not undeserving of credit, where it is
said that "Abraham brought all the children of the land to the
service of God, and he taught them the ways of the Lord." The
same remark applies to what is said in Targ. Yerushalmi (Gen.