Parshas Vayera 5786
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R’ Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik zt”l (Beis Halevi) would say: “'ואנכי עפר ואפר' - Dirt is worthless but it is used to plant or create a new object. Ash once had value, but now it is burned to nothing. Avraham was saying he was nothing, and is not worthy of anything. Chazal tell us because he said ‘Anochi afar vaeifer,’ he received the אפר הפרה and אפר הסוטה. Midda K’neged Midda. The אפר הפרה is used to make the past impurity become pure for the future, whereas the אפר הסוטה is to clarify that up until now she was tahor and now is tamei.”
A Wise Man would say: “By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.”