As we read Parshas Toldos, we are reminded of the tremendous koach of tefilah and of continuing to daven even when a yeshuah seems delayed.
At the beginning of the parshah, Yitzchak Avinu and Rivka Imeinu had already been waiting many years for children. The Torah tells us that Yitzchak continued to daven to Hashem, and Hashem accepted his tefilah.
There is such a powerful lesson here.
Sometimes we daven for something for a long time — a refuah, a shidduch, children, parnassah, shalom bayis, protection, or another personal yeshuah — and it can be difficult when we do not yet see the answer.
Parshas Toldos reminds us that no tefilah is ever lost.
We do not always understand Hashem’s timing, and we do not always see what is happening behind the scenes, but every tefilah has value. Our avodah is to continue to daven, continue to have emunah, and continue to believe that a yeshuah can come even after a long wait.
Yitzchak Avinu and Rivka Imeinu teach us not to give up.
Later in the parshah, we also see the tremendous koach of a brachah. Yitzchak’s brachos were not simply words. They carried great meaning and affected the future of Yaakov Avinu and Klal Yisrael.
That is something we can take with us as well.
We can daven for another person. We can give tzedakah in someone’s zechus. We can say a kapitel Tehillim. We can give someone chizuk. We can sincerely wish another Yid a refuah, hatzlachah, or yeshuah.
We may not know what another person is carrying or waiting for, but we can still add our tefilos to theirs.
May we be zocheh to learn from Yitzchak Avinu and Rivka Imeinu — to keep davening, to strengthen our emunah, and to never lose hope in Hashem’s yeshuah.
In the zechus of our tefilos, our chesed, and the brachos we give one another, may Hashem send refuos sheleimos, and yeshuos.
Names for Refuah Shleimah
Maxim Yehuda ben Yaffa
Aaron ben Shamsi
Rachamim Sasson ben Bracha
Yechiel HaLevi ben Rochel
Chizkiyahu Dov ben Shoshana
Kayhan Ilan ben Biyhay Chana
Shmaryahu ben Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Yosef Baruch ben Naomi Esther
Aharon ben Chana
Yosef Chaim ben Devorah Leah
Noach Gabriel Tzvi ben Tzipora
Ella Imashom bas Tzipora demikre Sveta
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chana
Esther Hadassah bas Devora
Fruma bas Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Adina Sorah bas Nechama Hinda
Bella Yafa bas Asya
Chaya Nechama bas Sara Malka
Esther bas Sara
Chaya Nechama bas Sara Malka
Stella Esther bas Miriam
Elisheva Shira bas Amarya Sara Batya
Tzvia Janet bas Sonia
Larisa Leah bas Frieda
For the Protection of Our Chayalim
Shalom ben Aviva
Idan ben Miriam
Chen ben Rachel
Chamra ben Tamar
Erez ben Meirav
Matan ben Nitza
Dani ben Yevgenia
Nevo ben Yafit
Amit ben Yael
Or ben Ronit
Uri ben Rachel
Maayan ben Sagit
Yarden ben Ayala
Netanel ben Avraham ben Nechemia Simcha
Oded Ephraim ben Vivian
Chaim Idan ben Inbal
Ro’i Chaim ben Meirav
Avihu Rafael ben Anat
Chaim Daniel ben Hodiya
Itai ben Chana
David ben Ziva
Eran Rafael ben Elka
Yinon ben Karina Yehudit
Itai Rafael ben Rotem
Yehonatan ben Adisa
Shlomo Yitzchak ben Rachel
Eliya ben Ravit
David ben Chaya
Yosef ben Shoshana
David Michael ben Chana Anna
Ro’i ben Tali
Menachem David Chai ben Miriam
Moshe Chaim ben Keren
Yaakov Yisrael ben Varda
Itamar Menachem ben Naomi Heniya
Malachi Yekutiel ben Hila Dafna
Ofir Rafael ben Liora
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