As we read Parshas Vayera, we learn a powerful lesson from Avraham Avinu about what it means to truly care for another person.
At the beginning of the parsha, Avraham is recovering from his bris milah. He is in pain, yet when he sees three travelers approaching, he immediately runs to greet them and prepares food for them with extraordinary care.
Avraham does not wait until he feels better, until life is easier, or until the timing is more convenient. Even in a moment of his own discomfort, he notices that someone else may need something from him.
This is one of the defining qualities of Avraham Avinu: chesed was not simply something he did when circumstances allowed it. It was part of who he was.
There are times when we are carrying our own worries, waiting for a yeshuah, davening for a refuah, or dealing with challenges that others may not even know about. In those moments, it can be natural to turn inward.
Parshas Vayera teaches us that sometimes, even while we are waiting for our own prayers to be answered, we still have the ability to bring brachah into someone else’s life.
A kind word, a phone call, a tefilah for another person, tzedakah, or simply noticing someone who needs encouragement can become an act of tremendous chesed.
And perhaps that is part of the greatness of Avraham Avinu: he teaches us that we do not have to wait until everything in our own lives is perfect before we can bring goodness into the world.
May we be zocheh to follow in the ways of Avraham Avinu, to see the people around us, to recognize opportunities for chesed, and to bring light to others even during our own difficult moments.
In the z’chus of our tefilos, our chesed, and the kindnesses we do for one another, may Hashem bless all of Klal Yisrael with refuos sheleimos, yeshuos, besoros tovos, protection, and much brachah.
Names for Refuah Shleimah
Maxim Yehuda ben Yaffa
Aaron ben Shamsi
Rachamim Sasson ben Bracha
Yechiel HaLevi ben Rochel
Chizkiyahu Dov ben Shoshana
Kayhan Ilan ben Biyhay Chana
Shmaryahu ben Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Yosef Baruch ben Naomi Esther
Aharon ben Chana
Yosef Chaim ben Devorah Leah
Noach Gabriel Tzvi ben Tzipora
Ella Imashom bas Tzipora demikre Sveta
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chana
Esther Hadassah bas Devora
Fruma bas Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Adina Sorah bas Nechama Hinda
Bella Yafa bas Asya
Chaya Nechama bas Sara Malka
Esther bas Sara
Chaya Nechama bas Sara Malka
Stella Esther bas Miriam
Elisheva Shira bas Amarya Sara Batya
For the Protection of Our Chayalim
Shalom ben Aviva
Idan ben Miriam
Chen ben Rachel
Chamra ben Tamar
Erez ben Meirav
Matan ben Nitza
Dani ben Yevgenia
Nevo ben Yafit
Amit ben Yael
Or ben Ronit
Uri ben Rachel
Maayan ben Sagit
Yarden ben Ayala
Netanel ben Avraham ben Nechemia Simcha
Oded Ephraim ben Vivian
Chaim Idan ben Inbal
Ro’i Chaim ben Meirav
Avihu Rafael ben Anat
Chaim Daniel ben Hodiya
Itai ben Chana
David ben Ziva
Eran Rafael ben Elka
Yinon ben Karina Yehudit
Itai Rafael ben Rotem
Yehonatan ben Adisa
Shlomo Yitzchak ben Rachel
Eliya ben Ravit
David ben Chaya
Yosef ben Shoshana
David Michael ben Chana Anna
Ro’i ben Tali
Menachem David Chai ben Miriam
Moshe Chaim ben Keren
Yaakov Yisrael ben Varda
Itamar Menachem ben Naomi Heniya
Malachi Yekutiel ben Hila Dafna
Ofir Rafael ben Liora
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