Empowering The Next Generation - Parshat Vayeira - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

[Music] aam ainu performing the greatest act anyone ever achieved he's taking his son y to the a realizes there's something unusual taking place says to abah his father he says Dad and Abraham responds what does the word mean and haven't we seen that word before that word appeared in the very first P of the story of the AA and it was after these matters God tested Abraham he said Abraham and Abraham says to the almighty H behold here I am says rash this is the response of the righteous an expression of humility the L zon and a Lon of being prepared to do the bidding of Hashem so H is an expression of humility an expression of being prepared now I can understand why Abraham would use that word when addressing the almighty he's sping he's standing he's addressing the king of the universe the creator of course he's going to speak with humility with an expression of being prepared but would why would Abraham use the exact same expression that he used when speaking to the almighty speaking to his son yak Abraham is speaking to Y with humility with an expression of being prepared says hael rovic one of the great mam today one of the great masim today he says that he has a lot of experience dealing with teenagers young men and women who are being challenged who they have perhaps began to leave the fold and in almost all cases says R gam the main cause of this phenomenon is the child feels that he's not valued and loved by the parent says raich from this expression of Abraham of saying from here we learn that just like one has to be humbled before the Creator one has to speak to their children with humility as well says gel in all probability the reason why Abraham was successful in raising a great sadic like Y is because of the covod and the love and the humility with which Abraham spoke to Y says from gamia we learn this astounding lesson that with the same humility that you speak to the creator of the universe one speaks to their children say gam what we ask our children to do today what we ask our young men and women to do today to give up the Allure of the street the Allure of the outside world the pleasures of is nothing short of an AA it's a sacrifice he says perhaps it's even a greater challenge than the AA and the same way the only way Abraham was able to prepare for such a challenge is by speaking to him with dignity with respect with humility H if we want our children to pass the challenge of Our Generation then it behooves us to speak to them in the same way that is the great lesson that we learn from the way Abraham spoke to Y wishing everyone [Music]