Make A Shpiel Out of Hashem’s Goodness and Advertise His Hashgachos

The Me’am Lo’ez says that Avraham Avinu made three big parties. One for Yitzchok’s Bris, one for the: יֹום הִּגָמֵל day he finished nursing, and the third for his Bar Mitzva. Avraham Avinu is heavily involved in always thanking and appreciating Hashem. And in a big way! Like building a Mizbeach at least three times in last week’s Parsha, and in advertising Hashem’s greatness to others, and וַּיִּטַע אֵׁשֶל כא לג “he planted a tree”, meaning that when he gave people food, he got them to thank Hashem, and this is how he was M'karev people: לָ אִ בינּו שַ בָ שַ מִ יםְ to our loving Father in Shamayim. (Chazal).

Always thanking, thanking, and more thanking! And in a big way ( מִׁשְּתֶה גָדֹול ). Just as the Mitzva of Bikkurim is a big taram and a parade, and the holy Alshich says that it had to be grandiose because thankfulness is Ikar Ikarim. This should be everyone’s main connection with Hashem. And in next week’s Parsha we have Avraham being: מְ שַ תַ חֶ והִ (bowing to Hashem) in thankfulness and Eliezer Eved Avraham was also always being: מְ שַ תַ חֶ והִ (bowing to Hashem) in thankfulness.

This is the way a Yid should live: always thanking with parties and Siyumim and making a shpiel out of Hashem’s goodness and advertising His Hashgachos. The more you do such things, the more you become an Ayin Tova like Avraham Avinu. You see only good and good and good. You emulate Hashem, who when He created the world said 8 times: וַּיַרְא א ˄קִים כִי טֹובֱ “He saw it was good”.

The Entire Focus of An Ayin Tova Person Is Only Good

Now it’s somewhat easier to understand how Avraham Avinu can pray for wicked Sedom. He was always looking to see good. He also rescued Lot, even though Lot had said: אֶ י אְ פִ שי לְֹ א בַ אְ בָ רְ ם וּלאִ בא˄ קיו רש"י יג יאֵ I can’t stand Avraham or his G-d. R' Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Zatzal told me that the entire focus of an Ayin Tova person is only good.

People who are always thanking and always see good, see more-and-more goodness in their lives. There were three giants in Torah who lived at the same time: Doeg, Achitofel, and Dovid.

Doeg and Achitofel were Niftar in ½ their years due to Dovid’s curse, and they both lost entire Olam HaBah. Doeg was the #1 Talmid Chochom as he was the Av Bais Din, and asking Achitofel was like asking the Urim v’Tumim. He knew all Dovid’s secrets in Avodas Hashem, and Dovid called him: “My Rebbe”.

We have no understanding of these people; yet we can suggest that perhaps when Doeg and Achitofel finished learning, they demanded more and more learning. When Dovid finished learning ½ a night, it says: חֲצֹות לַיְלָה אָקּום לְהֹודֹות ל˂ עַל מִׁשְּפְטֵי צִדְק˃ תהלים קיט סבָ that he spent the other ½ singing and thanking in appreciation for the first ½. (R' Zundel of Salant Zatzal).

When a person is always thanking and appreciating his Avodas Hashem, then he is a happy person and it’s easy for him to be Dan L'kaf Zechus. Dovid was loaded with Ha'tavah B'makom Hakpada, i.e., Davka doing a favor (Ha'tavah) instead of being upset (Hakpada), even from his worst enemies. And we don’t see this Hanhaga by Doeg and Achitofel. Yerushalayim was destroyed because they didn’t make a Bracha on Torah. (Gemara). We see how: חמּו רָ serious it is to appreciate the Torah that you learn. The more you appreciate the more you blossom. The more you belittle and criticize, the more you invite destruction, Chas V'shalom.

This is Dovid’s greatness; i.e., he learned and he appreciated his learning. His biggest Kapit'el in Tehilim is: קיט which his loaded with thankfulness for: רֹוב תֹוָ רה loads of Torah. Perhaps Dovid learned from Avraham Avinu to be extra thankful!