Parshas Chayei Sarah 5786
- Torah Tavlin
- Nov 13
- 1 min read
R’ Eliyahu Boruch Finkel zt”l (Rosh Yeshivas Mir) would say: “'היש בית אביך מקום לנו ללין' - Why did Eliezer add the word 'לנו' (for us)? Eliezer was asking Rivka if there was a place in her father’s house that was clean from idols. If it was fitting for ‘us’ - not only clean for me, but also a place that’s clean for you? On that, Rivka answered vaguely, ‘There is place to rest (but not for us).’ When she went to tell her father about their guest, she then cleaned out a place from idols. As Rashi says later (posuk ל"א), ‘I cleaned the house’ - from idols.”
A Wise Man would say: “The road to excellence starts with what you do best, continues with devotion and never really ends.”