18:1 וירא אליו ה׳ [And G-d revealed Himself to him [Abraham]...]When Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch was a child of four or five, he entered the room of his grandfather, Rabbi Menachem Mendel, and burst into tears. His teacher in cheder had taught the verse &ldquo;And G-d revealed himself to Abraham...&rdquo; &ldquo;Why,&rdquo; wept the child, &ldquo;does not G-d show Himself to me?!&rdquo;Rabbi Menachem Mendel replied: &ldquo;When a Jew, a tzaddik,1 realizes at the age of 99 that he must circumcise himself, that he must continue to perfect himself, he is worthy that G-d should reveal Himself to him.&rdquo;Source: Hayom Yom [calendar with quotations from Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok of Lubavitch, compiled in 1943 by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersohn, the Lubavitcher Rebbe shlita], quotation for Cheshvan 9th.<hr>1 A perfectly righteous individual.

A young Rabbi Sholom DovBer weeps asking why G-d does not reveal Himself to him, and the Tzemach Tzedek explains the lesson from Parshas Vayeira.

The Tears of a Child