In this week’s parshah, VaYeira, we see the extraordinary chesed of Avraham Avinu. Despite recovering from his bris milah and experiencing intense pain, Avraham sits at the entrance of his tent searching for guests. His love for welcoming others was so deep that Hashem sent mal’achim so that Avraham could perform hachnasas orchim.
Chazal teach us that true chesed is not simply doing kindness when it is easy, convenient, or when we are feeling our best. It is the willingness to see another person’s needs even when our own needs feel overwhelming.
But the parshah also reminds us of a deeper truth: Hashem Himself appeared to Avraham just to visit him and bring comfort – the first example of bikur cholim. Hashem’s presence teaches us that when we extend our hearts to someone who is struggling, recovering, or in pain, we are imitating Him.
In our own lives, we may be tired, burdened, or emotionally stretched. Yet every act of care – a text, a visit, a meal, a smile – brings light to the world. Hashem treasures even the smallest gesture.
May our T’hilim, our kindness, and our t’filos today bring r’fuah, y’shuah, and protection to all of klal Yisrael.
List of People Who Need a r’fuah sh’leimah (a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Maxim Yehudah ben Yafah
Aharon ben Shamsi
Michael ben Chayah Sarah Beheta
Shmuel ben Itta Etel
Mordechai ben Shoshana
Zaidah Eliezer Zev ben Shifrah
Yehoshua ben Devorah
HaRav Pinchas ben Alta Sima
Yisrael Meir ben Hadassah
Yossi ben Ratzon
Yair ben Alfred
Uriel ben Amir
Tamir ben Moshe
Shachar ben Aharon
Rab ben Yitzchak
Ronen ben Tomer
Yisrael ben Yocheved
Yoel Sar Shalom ben Nelly
Avraham Mordechai ben Yael
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chanah
Iris Rachel bas Miriam Chayah
Chanah Brachah bas Svetlana Tziporah Chayah
Sarah bas Shoshanah
Maya Mazal bas Zivah
Tamarah bas Ksiyah
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Israeli Soldiers (Please recite Psalms 25, 26, 46, 83, 142.)
Menachem Zion ben Ariel
Hillel Zev ben Ariel
Shmuel Pesach ben Chinah
Yehudah ben Elisheva
Dov Ber ben Rachel Chayah
Hillel Yisrael ben Tzilah
Zechariah Yisrael ben Elisheva Feiga
Yitzchak Yehudah ben Elta Draizel
Zechariah Menachem Chaim ben Elta Draizel
Yair Menashe Shmuel ben Shoshanah
Shmuel Tzvi ben Liba
Daniel Abba Tzvi ben Chayah Tz’rina
Yechiel Aharon ben Sarah Miriam
Aryeh Simchah ben Chayah Michal
Amitai ben Yitzchak Venvar
Yisrael Yehudah ben Elisheva Rachel
Shmuel Yosef ben Adinah
Neta (Nechamah) bas Avital Emunah
Naomi Emunah bas Inbal Nechamah
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