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The Way of Emunah

Meriting a Free Gift

  • Chayei Sarah
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Sefer Tiferes Shlomo states that this pasuk hints to the importance of supporting Torah scholars. He says that even if one is not a talmid chochom himself, he receives the same reward as one if he uses his money to support him. This is seen from this pasuk as the word ‘l’gemalecha’ (to your camels) can be seen as a reference to gomlei chesed, and the word ‘to draw’ can be understood as referring to drawing out the influence of Torah by supporting those who learn it.

We see from this that even if one who does acts of chesed is unlearned and does not possess much Torah, Hashem gives him a free gift and rewards him as if he did learn Torah. This is because Hashem treats people the same way they act towards others, and if one is kind to others, He is kind to them.

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