The Challenges That Make You Great - Ari Abramowitz: The Land of Israel Fellowship

each of the tests had the potential to arouse questions in aram's mind just like each of our tests can arouse questions in our mind to question hashem's love for us and hashem's kindness sometimes our our tests are so brutal or so painful at the time it can be hard are we able to really believe in hashem's love and kindness even in the midst of the heartrending pain and grief and um I I don't know if if if I could always do that but I'll tell you the houses of Shiva that I've gone to the morning houses seeing the strengthened faith the rock of of trust in Hashem of the nation of Israel so like that Abraham loved Hashem he trusted Hashem and he passed all of his tests with that love and that trust and in that way we are an extension of him but the question I found myself considering is why there needed to be 10 tests right couldn't there have been one big test and I think the answer I'm arriving at um based on looking at Abraham's life is that while each test did stand alone each test did demand the strength and lessons and growth achieved from the test before it in order to pass it successfully meaning they built upon each other each test brought to life a strength and a faith deep in Abraham's heart that until then had just been dormant and by bringing that specific facet of his faith to life Abraham now had the tools he needed to pass the next text and once I realized this about Abraham's journey I couldn't help but to look back on my own journey and see the Precision of tests that I faced which have endowed me with the attributes and trust that I needed right when I needed them hey this is Jeremy gimpel if you enjoyed that content then you will enjoy all the content on the landof Israel Network at www.the landof israel.com and if you want to take it up a level you can join our Global community of people that learn together that work together that are all a part of a global movement of over 1,000 families all over the world and you can join the land of Israel Fellowship check it out on the landof israel.com [Music]