Torah Illuminated Series: Parshas Vayeira - Empowering The Next Generation For Their Akeida

foreign [Music] avinu performing the greatest act anyone ever achieved he's taking his son realizes there's something unusual taking place dad and avraham responds hinanibani hineni what does the word hinani mean and haven't we seen that word before that word appeared in the very first pasok of the story of the akedah paragraph and it was after these matters avraham God tested avraham avraham he said avraham and avraham says it to the almighty hinani behold here I am says Rashi this is the response of the righteous an expression of humility and Allah being prepared to do the building of Hashem so hineni is an expression of humility an expression of being prepared now I can understand why avraham would use that word when addressing the almighty he spanned it 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 I why would avraham use the exact same expression that he used when speaking to the almighty speaking to his son Yitzhak avram is speaking to Yitzhak with humility with an expression of being prepared today one of the great mashpium 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 the main cause of this phenomenon is the child feels that he's not valued and loved by the parent from this expression of avraham 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 and all probability the reason why yitz avraham was successful in raising a great Sadiq like Yitzhak is because of the covered and the love and the humility with which avraham spoke to Yitzhak says from gamliel we learn this astounding lesson that with the same humility that you speak to the creator of the universe once speaks to their children gamliel what we ask our children to do today whatever we ask are young men and women to do today to give up the Allure of the street the Allure of the outside world the pleasures of Islam is nothing short of an Arcada it's a sacrifice he says perhaps it's even a greater challenge than the akedah and the same way the only way avram was able to prepare Yitzhak for such a challenge is by speaking to him but there are covered with dignity with respect with humility 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 avraham spoke to Yitzhak wishing everyone [Music]