B"H
Cheshvan 15, 5766 * November 17, 2005
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F R I D A Y N I G H T F O R Y O U N G P E O P L E
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Parshat Vayeira
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Like Abraham...
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"I like the new boy" Ben said as he and Sam were walking home from school one day.
"Which new boy?" Sam asked.
"Daniel, the one who just joined the class a few days ago".
"Really… someone just joined the class?" Sam asked, a little confused. He didn't remember any new boys in the class, and then he said, "Oh yes, Daniel, I remember now… he is very quiet, in fact he is so quiet that sometimes I don't even realize he is there".
Sam and Ben's class was a very noisy one. Several of their teachers were delighted that the new boy was quiet. However, this was not a great commendation for most of his peers.
"I can see that" Ben said "but you should get to know him, if you speak to him you will see that he really is a very nice guy".
"Yeh… but he is so quiet" Sam said, disapprovingly.
"But when it comes to some things," Ben said "he can be very loud. For example, yesterday, when Mr Benson marked one of answers on my test wrong. Really it was right, but it looked wrong, you know what I mean? I didn't think Mr Benson would take any notice of me complaining. Then Daniel went over to him to explain how what I had written was really the right answer, and he agreed".
"In a way he is a bit like Abraham in this week's Sedra. Now, Abraham started off as a very quiet and thoughtful boy. In fact he was so thoughtful that when he was three years old he even worked out that G-d exists. Then when Abraham saw that G-d was going to destroy the city of Sodom he tried to do something about it."
"Yeh, I remember" Sam said. "Mr. Benson told us that he tried to do everything to save the city, he tried to bargain with G-d. Imagine that! Mr. Benson was saying how we can learn a lesson from this, when it comes to doing good things we must really try all we can do to help."
"And I think that Mr. Benson took the lesson to heart" Ben said, "because when Daniel went to him to convince him that my answer on the test was right, he listened to him and gave me a higher mark."
"So that means that I should also take the lesson to heart," Sam said. "I should be kind, like Abraham, and to be loud and forthright in good things. I should try to make a new boy feel welcome, and go over to him and speak to him…"
"Good idea," said Ben. "Let's all try to be like Abraham".
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