The First Time?- Rabbi Netanel Lebowitz

there is often much significance attributed to the first time that we encounter any event in the torah if it's the first time that the characters in the torah are doing performing a certain mitzvah then there must be lessons that we could learn from it therefore it's curious that the very first time that we are introduced to the idea of trilla in the torah when avram is dominating for the city of saddam and his surrounding cities that that prayer didn't even have a chance to be accepted in the first place at least the way that avraham framed its villa based on how many saddiqui were in the cities we already know from the first time that avraham opens his mouth that there are no tzadikem or at least not enough sadiq in order to save those cities so why would the torah be telling us in its maiden voyage of introducing tamila to us why would it be giving us a case where the tefila didn't even have a chance to be accepted perhaps the lesson that hashem is telling us is that we've all heard throughout our lives that the answer no is an answer but even if for whatever reason and certainly for our well-being hashem decides to give us an answer of no hashem wants to teach us by the first time that avraham david that even if the tv is going to be no the answer is going to be no yet there's still significance to the process of tsvilla there are other things that are happening even if it appears that we are not being readily answered recent two of these ideas uh ideas are the following number one is that even if what we ask for we are not going to receive but yet the conversation with hashem if it's done in a meaningful way that creates a bond with a karish barku and as your pinkish says that even if what we asked for got rejected what could possibly be more valuable than having a connection to hashem so tevilla even if it's not an answer to our to-do list but fella has the significance of creating a connection to hashem a second advantage of tefila is that even if we are rejected in what we're asking for right now refshim shin pinkus writes that that fella goes into a bank and the same way that avraham was going to have generations of children following him that would need fila so hashem encouraged this fila that would be rejected or that wouldn't be answered because that tv isn't thrown out in the garbage can but rather it's saved to the benefit of his children so there are advantages to tzela even when the answer is no here at some of the finish about shamayim hashem should help us realize the power of tv and how much more significant it is if we take it seriously and we dive in meaningfully and through that we should always be connected to hashem and always be investing in our futures and in our children's futures have a great day