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Chayei Sarah: No Regrets

After acing the test of the Akeida, Avaraham comes home to some shocking news: his wife had died. The Satan made it appear that she had died from shock upon hearing that Avarham was about to slaughter his son.

Avraham now faced another test. The gemora tells us that if somebody does a mitzva, but then later regrets it, he loses that mitzva. תוהא על הראשונות, איבד את הראשונות.

If Avraham would have regretted carrying out the Akeida, it would have been as if he had never done it. But Avraham had no regrets, even when it appeared that his actions had caused the death of wife.

Sometimes we face a test whether to the right thing. But sometimes we are tested whether we regret the good things we’ve already done, or whether we stay true to our convictions no matter what they lead to. Even when we don’t like the situation that our doing the right thing seems to have gotten us in, we should never regret doing what is right.

לע״נ דוד חיים בן ישראל דוב הכהן
לע״נ ר׳ חיים דוב בן ר׳ בןציון שלום