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<div dir="rtl"><span style="font-family: times new
roman,times,serif;">וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְהָ֣אֱלֹקִ֔ים נִסָּ֖ה
אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו,
“אַבְרָהָ֖ם!” וַיֹּ֥אמֶר,
“הִנֵּֽנִי!”׃</span></div>
<p>And it was, after these events, that G-d put Abraham to the test; He said
to him: “Avraham!” and he said: “Here I am!”</p>
<div style="padding-left: 300px;">– Bereishis 22:1</div>
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<p>Just stop and thing about this… Hashem presents Avraham with a test,
a challenge, a <em>nisayon.</em></p>
<p>Avraham does not try to avoid a situation he didn’t like. And while
Avraham presumably treated the <em>nisayon</em> as a growth experience,
that’s not the response directly described in the <em>pasuq</em> either.
Avraham said “<em>Hineini</em> — Here I am!”</p>
<p>Because we can ascend spiritually through <em>nisayon</em>, it is a call to
encounter, a moment of closeness with Hashem.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1em;">(H/T Dr Alan Morinis. This
post merely highlights a single point he made early in a recent webinar. See
“<a title="TMI Webinar: Resilience, with Dr Alan Morinis"
href="https://youtu.be/6uIchCOIrSc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow
noopener">Resilience</a>“, a class on how to ride through the hard
times, with a focus on the recent natural disasters in Houston Puerto Rico,
and Miami.)</span></p>
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