Parsha Pizzazz - Vayeira
What's Bothering Avrohom?
Three days after Avrohom's Brit Milah (circumcision), he was resting in his tent. He wasn't happy. He was tired and he didn't feel well but that's not the reason he was feeling down.
What was wrong?
Well, it was an incredibly hot, scorching desert day - but that didn't bother him either. So what was the problem?
The problem was that the roads were empty. No one wanted to travel on such a sweltering day. And that's exactly what was bothering Avrohom - there were no desert travelers to be found as far as the eye could see! How would he perform the mitzvah of Hachnassat Orchim (welcoming guests)?
Of course, HaShem had made the weather unbearably hot for that very reason: in order to give Avrohom a break from having guests so that he could rest and feel better. But when HaShem saw how sad this made Avrohom, He had to do something to help him.
