The Torah Portion of Chayei Sarah 5773
"...the years of Sarah's life." (Bereisheet 23:1)
Rashi explains that "they were all equal in goodness". And behold, in truth Sarah had much anguish and suffering in her life. Until the aged of 90 she didn't have children, and she was also taken into the house of Pharoah and the house of Avimelech, and she also suffered from famine. And in spite of all that, she accepted everything with love, and that is the explanation of what Rashi said that "they were all equal in goodness". Even the difficult days were thought of in her eyes as good.
"And Avraham was old, coming with days..." (Bereisheet 24:1)
The commentators on the Torah say that he filled all the days of his life with Torah and with Mitzvot, and that Avraham came to the Next World with all the days (of his life), for there was no defect in any of them.
"...and Hashem had blessed Avraham with everything." (Bereisheet 24:1)
What is the blessing to Avraham "with everything"? If it's good for everyone and not just for himself, that was regarded as a blessing by him. (from Mayana Shel Torah)
"...drink and I will also give water to your camels..." (Bereisheet 24:14)
The commentators on the Torah ask, what was so special about that? Behold, also today we see that the daughters of Israel do much kindness similar to that. The explanation is that Eliezer arrived with many servants and Rivkah could have thought to herself that kindness is something that one should do only if it's needed, but in this instance Eleazer, who was very wealthy and also had a lot of servants, why should he bother a small girl of three years old? And even so, Rivkah didn't make any calculations like that and immediately acted kindly. And this is called an act of kindness without any excuses or calculations, because if an opportunity to perform a Mitzvah comes to your hands you shouldn't miss the opportunity because of various answers and excuses. And this is similar to someone who sees a diamond on the ground, that he shouldn't tell someone else to pick it up.
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