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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Parashas Ki Savo The Kedushas Levi twice
mentions the Akeidas Yitzchak as an example of an event where goodness is hidden
and secreted. Any idea to what he is referring exactly?</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" align=center>"May Hashem
command the blessing for you in your storehouses..."</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"
align=center><B>(<I>Devarim</I> 28:8)</B></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is the meaning of “May Hashem command His
blessing for you” — this is referring to </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><I>berachah</I></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> that
actually comes from you, because of your own awakening. And this </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><I>shefa</I></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> is
“</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><I>b’asamecha</I></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">,” in a hidden place [</FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma>סמוי</FONT>, “hidden,” and <FONT face=Tahoma>אסמיך</FONT>, “your
storehouses,” have the same linguistic root]. T<FONT face="Times New Roman">he
favor and goodness is hidden and secreted, <STRONG>just like the binding of
Yitzchak</STRONG>.</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0" align=center>"May Hashem
open for you His treasure-trove of goodness, the heavens, to provide rain for
your land in its time..."</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"
align=center><B>(<I>Devarim</I> 28:12)</B></P></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is why the verse
concludes, “to provide rain for your land in its time” — because sometimes the
Blessed Creator sends goodness and bounty that is obviously good and revealed,
and at other times the Blessed Creator sends the good in a hidden manner,
cloaked as something negative, <STRONG>such as in the binding of
Yitzchak</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
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