Boaz Michael says,"Abraham's life was a life a faith, and the life of faith is a life of testing". At every juncture we are tested. Passing each test requires stubborn optimism, resolute confidence in G*d and steadfast obedience. Life's problems are opportunities to prove our faith and to improve our faithfulness. We fail life's tests when we give in to despair, lose confidence in G*d or turn away from obedience. Every difficulty and trial is a test of faith. Will we assess the problem through the eyes of faith or not? Will we respond in faith or faithlessness?"
In a teaching given over by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the idea of the merit of Abraham's circumcision is that of the eternal worth of every act of service-it unites commander, commanded and commandment in a bond above time. Abraham's act reminds us that we must constantly renew that bond, by "removing the foreskin of the world"; and when we do beloved, our reward will be the same as Abraham's the prophetic awareness of G*d.
May we merit the opportunity to share with people the joy of Shabbos in our homes and in G*d's world.
Shabbat Shalom
Elisheva
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