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Daily Chizuk #0544
Weekly Parasha
The Tent of Kindness: Avraham’s Key to Success
Parashat Vayera: The Keys To Our Success
Avraham Avinu’s tent was open on all four sides because he wanted to spare his guests the trouble of going around to find the door. Avraham is called the pillar of chesed that the world stands upon, yet all of his chesed is merely hinted to in four words in the Torah “ויטע אשל בבאר שבע”. The one example of chesed that the Torah does elaborate upon in this week’s parasha Vayera is about the chesed that Avraham did with angels, who don’t even need chesed to be done with them. Why was this the one example chosen? Mefarshim tell us, what impresses Hashem, kavayachol, the most are the mitzvot that we do when it is difficult. In this instance, Avraham was sick. It was the hottest day in history, and he still did his chesed with the same fervor and enthusiasm. This act of chesed is what made all of his other acts of chesed so much more valuable.
We don’t enjoy experiencing the difficulties involved in accomplishing them, but we have to know when those difficulties come up, they are our keys to success. Hashem sends them with love and admiration. He knows we could rise to the challenge and in them lies all our glory.
Shabbat Shalom!
Avraham Avinu’s tent was open on all four sides because he wanted to spare his guests the trouble of going around to find the door. Avraham is called the pillar of chesed that the world stands upon, yet all of his chesed is merely hinted to in four words in the Torah “ויטע אשל בבאר שבע”. The one example of chesed that the Torah does elaborate upon in this week’s parasha Vayera is about the chesed that Avraham did with angels, who don’t even need chesed to be done with them. Why was this the one example chosen? Mefarshim tell us, what impresses Hashem, kavayachol, the most are the mitzvot that we do when it is difficult. In this instance, Avraham was sick. It was the hottest day in history, and he still did his chesed with the same fervor and enthusiasm. This act of chesed is what made all of his other acts of chesed so much more valuable.
We don’t enjoy experiencing the difficulties involved in accomplishing them, but we have to know when those difficulties come up, they are our keys to success. Hashem sends them with love and admiration. He knows we could rise to the challenge and in them lies all our glory.
Shabbat Shalom!
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