CLD #715

For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L, Yissachar ben Yona ZT’L and Haviva bat Yocheved Z’L.

When you are faced with five powerful Kingdoms battling against you, you turn to your allies. When  you only have three allies (you are four in total), you are outnumbered and your power for war is less then the enemy. You are scared. This was the story in our Parasha, Parashat Lech Lecha. There was a huge war in the area of Israel (Cena’an) and Avraham was in the middle of it all. What did Hashem do? He made the four Kingdoms unite and they actual overcame the battle power the larger army (of five Kingdoms) and won the war.

This meant that Lot, Avraham’s nephew, was captured and taken as a prisoner of war. Even though it is taught that Lot went against Hashem’s will and left the environment of Avraham (the Tzadik, the Righteous), Avraham went out of his way. Stopped his life, just to run after those kings and take Lot out of captivity.

Now imagine the setting: you have four powerful kingdoms who just beat a larger army then their own and captured trillions of dollars in captive land, belongings, people, gold, silver, valuables, etc. They are on top of the world. They think they own everyone. Some 75 year old immigrant from another country is going to come up to them and take his nephew and create an entire scene?! Who does he think he is?

But this is the power of Real Emunah LIVING WITH HASHEM! Avraham is all about Emunah, faith, beliving in Hashem that He is with us all the time. When someone is living that thought process, there is nothing in the world that can stop them. Even fighting four countries with all their resources and power is nothing in front of Hashem. Building our Emunah today will be the foundation to withstand the toughest challenges in our future.

This directly connects with the ‘so called reality’ of surrendering and giving up. Rav Ben Tzion Aba Shaul ZTK’L explains in his famous book, Hochma VeMussar, that giving up is the essence of destruction because it is like a broken vessel. Would you use a vessel that has the most simplest functions or a vessel that is broken? Its always better to say to yourself: I know I am not perfect and I messed up, but there is hope for success. This attitude is exactly what we need to infuse in our daily struggles, because if not we will never move forward. It can begin today with Shabbat wrapping itself around the world in a few hours. Its easy and foolish to say “I can’t keep Shabbat,” but the real wisdom is behind saying “It is hard for me to keep Shabbat, but I know if I try Hashem will help me.” Your success is up to you.

SHABBAT SHALOM!

Judaism=Think.

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