Paracha Vayéra : cette histoire bouleversante révèle le vrai sens du ‘Hessed — Joy Galam
Paracha Emouna
La vraie bonté ne consiste pas seulement à répondre à un besoin immédiat, mais à chercher à faire plus. Cette histoire émouvante illustre comment une attention délicate peut transformer le quotidien d'autrui en un moment inoubliable. #Hessed #Bonté #SagesseJuive #Partage #Inspiration
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And from there, we learn something regarding chesed, regarding kindness. Kindness is not just meeting a need—I'm hungry, so I give them food—but trying to go above and beyond. And for that, I would like to tell you a story that personally touched me a lot. It takes place in April 2020.
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The Parashah of Vayeira teaches us the importance of chesed, of kindness. We see that when Abraham receives guests, he doesn't just settle for giving them snacks and chips. No, no, no, he goes to get them meat. He brings them the most refined dishes.
And from there, we learn something regarding chesed, regarding kindness. Kindness is not just meeting a need—I'm hungry, so I give them food—but trying to go above and beyond. And for that, I would like to tell you a story that personally touched me a lot. It takes place in April 2020.
You remember April 2020, the year of corona. We are a few weeks before Passover, and there is a woman living in New York, in Manhattan, an elderly widow who realizes that, well, she will have to spend the Passover Seder all alone. And knock, knock, knock, her neighbor knocks on her door, you remember, with the masks, and he says to her, "Look, ma'am, I propose the following to you. On the night of the Seder, you open your door, I'll open mine, and I'll do the Seder with my wife and children, but you will be able to hear it and share this moment with us." And indeed, it happens just like that.
The Seder takes place, and this woman is extremely moved to be spending this Seder, in quotes, "with family." But what touches her even more is that it's incredible; this man, this neighbor, uses exactly the same melodies as her late husband. And a few days later, she calls her children and tells them, "It's incredible, this neighbor has exactly the same melodies, just like Daddy." And the neighbor says to her, "Ah, I understand now.""You know, the neighbor called me a few weeks ago and asked me to record
Daddy's melodies for him." And in reality, what did this neighbor do? This neighbor not only wanted to help this woman and share the Passover Seder with her, but he wanted to make sure that it was as she knew it, as she had always lived it, as she had heard from her husband all those years. Well, that is the message of Abraham Avinu: it is trying to meet the needs of the other, but going even further beyond.
And I wish for us to have the capacity and the concern to succeed in doing that, and thus we will make those around us happy. Amen.
