his son. We would think that Yitzchak resisted but on the contrary he did it willingly. This shows how special Avraham and his son are. They both have complete trust in Hashem- blind trust. If Avraham could trust Hashem when he tells him to sacrifice his only son, then we should be able to trust Hashem in things that effect us much less. Avraham raises his knife but a call from heaven stops him, and a ram is offered in his place. This is known as Akedet Yitzchak.
It is hard for us to accept that everything that happens is for the good. Sometimes we can see Hashem’s plan, but most of the time we cannot. When I was a little girl, my mom and I were going to a party. We missed the train by a second and we were extremely annoyed. As we cursed our bad luck, all the lights started flickering and turned off. It dawned on us, that there was a black out. At that moment we realized how lucky we really were and thanked Hashem that we missed that train. We don’t always understand why things happen. We try to look closer to understand, but the goal is to take a step back and see the big picture but we can never see the whole thing, just part of the puzzle. Only Hashem knows the big picture. He has a plan for everything. That is why we must have trust in Hashem. It might seem that it was bad that Sarah banished Hagar but it is all for the good. Remember, not everything is as it seems.
Congratulations
to the following Winning Wednesday Raffle Winners*:
October 23
Naomi Prensky, 7th grade
Mervin Dayan, 2nd grade
Ariella Mero, 5th grade
October 16
Ella Zmood, 3rd grade
Henya Fortgang, 4th grade
Raphi Langer, 8th grade
*Sponsored by the
MDS Parents Council
Pizza, popcorn and vitamin water
will be available for sale every Friday for
grades 4-8 in the lunchroom.
Pizza: $2.50
Popcorn: $1.00
Vitamin water: $2.00
For any information please contact Rabbi Litton or
Leora Sulimanoff (Miss B) at [email protected]
correction to last issue:
In our last issue, the boy who was pictured with Ben Kelen
is not his brother, as was mentioned in the article.