Lekh Lekha
This year, I referenced this article
https://arabbiwithoutacause.blogspot.com/2019/11/avrahams-relationships-and-sarais-chamas.html
and just added the following to the end (here is the last paragraph from there, with an additional sentence in bold).
Of course some of this is conjecture, but it is clear to me
that people grow in time, and relationships change, and hopefully evolve for
the better. The first of our forefathers and foremothers are a great example of
how at all stages, people ought to be in tune to each other, and whenever and
as much as possible, ought to pray that their relationship should only be
growing and improving, through their own efforts and through the help of God.
Whichever relationship is better – אתו or עמו, that should be achieved as well.
Certainly getting angry at someone for doing your bidding
is an inappropriate response. Believing very much in the power of prayer is a
tremendous maylah – a great credit to Sarai for sensing what was truly
needed. Who knows? Perhaps she offered Hagar to Avraham to get him to pray for
Sarai. Maybe she was hoping he’d catch a hint. If that was the case, the hint
was lost on Avraham, and the rest is history.
Things played out as they did, Hagar had a
son named Yishmael, and Yishmael’s descendants are viewed today as being the
Arab world. Not all Arabs hate Israel, though obviously those who do, hate ALL
JEWS and have gone far beyond the pale in their hatred.
May we learn from Sarah that if there is
disgrace upon anyone, it may be because we haven’t prayed hard enough to have
the resolution we need and hope for. May God hear our prayers and may He bless
us all with peace, in our homes, in our families, among our People, and in our
Holy Land.
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