Parshat Vayeira
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PARSHAT VAYEIRA 5767 YERUSHALAYIM IH’K
Rebbe Nachman taught:
The only way to see the downfall of the wicked is through the revelation of the sanctity of the Land of Israel, which corresponds to the verse,” Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies your footstool” ( Tehillim 110:1). Yamin (right hand) refers to the Land of Israel, for it is a reference to Benjamin (Ben Yamin) who was the only one of the sons of Yaakov Avinu born in Eretz Yisrael.
When the light of the merit of our Patriarchs shines, then even if we are still in exile, the holiness of the Land of Israel is revealed.
When this light is revealed, (through the merit of our forefathers and through corrected justice) then, not only is one saved from the wicked, but he also sees that the wicked suffer from the same fate that they wished for him.( Likutei Moharan 1:55)
Jewish history and Biblical history is full of stories of great people struggling with huge tests and passing (or failing) them. Yet, there is only one story that our prophets deemed necessary to recount in its entirety daily, and that is the story of the Akeidat Yitzchak- the binding of Yitzchak Avinu on the altar by his father Avraham. Read more
