At The Heights Of The Universe - Parshat Vayera

when you audition for a play the director sits and you stand when you go into the bank manager's office to explain why your loan is overdue he sits and you stand when you want to get a visa from a foreign consulate they sit and you stand the way of the world is that the one who stands depends on the one who sits it says in Pasad vayera God appeared to him to avraham to Abraham in the plains of mamrei while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent Russia says when God appeared to avraham avram wanted to stand up God said to him you sit and I will stand and you will be a sign for your children for in the future I will stand in the Assembly of the judges and they will sit as it says and to heal him in Psalms God stands in the Divine assembly in the midst of the judges when a baked dinner based in a Jewish court of law in this world makes a decision God does it work complies with that Earthly decision when avraham wanted to stand God told them that everything would depend on Abraham and his progeny how can we understand that God wanted to depend on avraham also it says in to heal him in Psalms give strength to God how can we give anything to God let alone strength it's axiomatic that God is that existence that's perfect in every way if we could give something to God it means that he didn't have that thing before and so we just gave him something that made him more perfect in some way which of course by definition is impossible it was God's desire that all the upper Worlds the entire creation should depend on this the lowliest of worlds when we perform an act of kindness when we do a mitzvah the energy of that mitza ascends up and up and up to the highest Heights and causes a reaction of a flow of blessing that reverberates all the way back down to this world and all over the world so if you want to stop an earthquake in China if you want that to be abundant rain this year in Africa if you want Nations to beat their swords into plowshares keep Shabbos smile do a kindness and control your anger when you have every right to explode [Music]