אִ ם נָא מָ צָ אתִ י חֵ ן בְ עֵ ינֶיךָ אַ ל נָא תַ עֲ בֹּר מֵ עַ ל עַ בְ דֶ ךָ יח ג
When A Person Truly Respects Himself, He Can Have Amazing Respect for ALL Humans
It is awe inspiring how a great and famous person like Avraham Avinu should have such amazing respect for what appeared to be three low-life Arabs! We can suggest because just like his very name means greatness (באְְְַ-ְְרְָם exalted father) so did he respect all humans, since we are all a: ח לֶ קְאֱ לוֹקַ ְמִ מַ עַ ל piece of Hashem Mamash! Indeed, Avraham was the first person who found Hashem, but he also found himself!
All this took place while he had just had a Bris Mila, which is a most remarkable Mitzva, as if to say that Hashem’s creation of man is lacking, and the human has to “fix”: כ ב יָכוֹל (if it was possible) what Hashem left out! ג ְדוֹלְָהְְהַ כ נָסַ תְ אוֹר חִ יםְ יוֹת רְ מ הַ ק בָ לַ תְ פ נ יְ ש כִ ינָה “Inviting guests is even greater than greeting the Shechina!” was said about this incident! It was when he just had a Bris Mila, that Avraham got the message that Hashem wants the human to: כ ב יָכוֹל (if it was possible) have something “over” Him!
This is the opposite of Dor HaMabul which were Nichshal in Gezel and Arayos, i.e., not being serious about the rights of a human, and “making cheap” the whole: ב רִ יאָ ה world and the holiness of mankind. At the end of our long Galus, we need extra work to appreciate ourselves and our true greatness.
