On the verse: “And G-d
appeared to him (Avraham), and he was sitting at the opening to his tent.”[1]
Who is the ‘he’ in the
verse, Avraham or G-d?
Generally we take the ‘he’
as referring to Avraham sitting at the doorway. -But the Kotzker says the ‘He’
refers to G-d sitting in the doorway!
He writes; “Avraham was so humble (such a naturally spiritual person) that even though G-d appeared to him, it
seemed as if He (G-d) was sitting (casually and naturally) at the door to his tent.”[2]
Sometimes the greatest
spiritual encounters are not even perceived as such by the observer, and pass
as by unassumingly. This is known as integrated spirituality.
The Kotzkers’ spirituality
was so integrated that he never needed to make a show of any religious event.
Even his davening (prayers) took place quickly and without theatrics.
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