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Parshas Lech Lecha- Bless Me

The מדרש writes, that when אברהם אבינו was about

to perform the ברית on himself he was somewhat hesitant,

so Hashem held on to him.

Hence וכרת עמו הברית, (together with him), and this is also

one of the sources of having a סנדק holding the baby at a ברית.

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The Steipler Zt"l was questioned regarding the מנהג requesting a

ברכה from the סנדק

Where is the מקור for this מנהג?

He responded that he was unaware of any מקור for this מנהג.

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Perhaps the מקור for asking a ברכה from the סנדק is from a בפירושע תניא .

The גמרא ברכות ז' ע"א says תניא א"ר ישמעאל

-R Yishmael ben Elisha said that he once entered לפני ולפנים to be מקטיר קטורת and HKBH asked him for a ברכה

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We see that the ברכה of a מקטיר קטורת

is so valuable & powerful that even HKBH כביכול desired

a ברכה from him.

סנדקאות is compared to a הקטרת קטורת and therefore the Sandek's

ברכה is also considered valuable and worth pursuing. אמבצי

Why the Arabs behave this way?

Why the Arabs behave this way?

The רמב"ן writes that because שרה אמנו afflicted and mistreated הגר, and אברהם אבינו did not intervene to prevent it, the בני ישראל would suffer at the hands of ישמעאל throughout the generations, even to this day.

A powerful lesson can be derived from the Ramban’s words. If mistreating הגר, a non-Jewish woman, was the cause of such severe consequences that כלל ישראל would suffer at the hands of ישמעאל for thousands of years, how much more serious must it be to be מצער fellow Yidden—even those who are not Shomrei Torah Umitzvos!

Consider the repeated illegal riots (הפגנות בלע"ז) that take place numerous times a week, causing distress and disruption to thousands of Yidden, both Shomrei Torah Umitzvos and those who are not. How can such behavior be justified by declaring the struggle a מלחמת עמלק, as though that designation permits causing harm and suffering to thousands of other Yidden in the process?

Even more troubling is the failure of those who have the influence and authority to teach and publicize that לא זו הדרך — this is not the Torah’s way. Declaring fellow Yidden to be Amalekim, and using that label to justify throwing rocks at them or calling them “Nazim,” is fundamentally wrong. Such rhetoric creates an atmosphere in which the same hatred and violence leads to be directed at Rabbonim and Manhigim who do not share one’s views. (האדמו"ר מקרלין שליט"א)

Perhaps the turmoil and danger facing the frum population in Eretz Yisroel today should prompt us to engage in serious חשבון הנפש. Rather than placing all the blame on the secular Zionists—(they are merely the stick HKB״H uses to guide us) —we must also examine our own conduct. Are we doing enough to eliminate the practice of being מצער Yidden?

דרכיה דרכי נועם. It is impossible that fighting for Yiddishkeit would require us to behave like our suicide Jihadist cousins screaming -----נמות ולא or to be מזיק ומשחית engaging in destructive riots and intimidation like Mr. Schwartz’s family in Harlem.

Story Told Over By Maran Harav Shach Zatzal

מרן הרב אלעזר מנחם מן שך זצ"ל

told the following story:

Reb Shach Voting in 1992

The Nesivos (ר' יעקב לורברבוים זצ"ל) suffered terribly in an unhappy marriage. He wished to divorce his wife, but she refused to accept a גט.

R. Akiva Eiger זצ״ל became involved and attempted to persuade her to accept the גט.

She responded: “My husband is such a great and holy man. I would never willingly accept a גט from such a great Tzaddik!”

Rav Shach זצ״ל commented: Even though she recognized her husband’s greatness and holiness, she nevertheless caused him צרות גדולות עד לשמים — terrible suffering that reached the heavens.

Rav Shach explained that we find a similar idea in the pasuk concerning Avraham Avinu:

"... וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה ... וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ אָאֹר"

All the nations of the world will recognize the greatness of אברהם אבינו and, by extension, כלל ישראל. Nevertheless, there will still be those who curse him and seek to harm his descendants.