On the subject of Avraham
being ‘tested’ by G-d when he was asked to ‘sacrifice’ his son Yitzchak, the
Kotzker has a novel perceptive of the famous event.
He says; “It was more difficult for Avraham to
desist from the sacrifice than to prepare for it.”[1]
It is the nature of people
to think that religion and G-d require the most demanding of sacrifices. So too
thought Avraham and that’s why the call to sacrifice his son was originally not such an
anathema to him. Having come from a background of idolatry, this concept of glorifying
sacrifice came quite naturally to him.
But when he overcame his disappointment at having to desist from sacrifice,
G-d said; “Now I know that you are a G-d fearing man” (as opposed to an
idolater). - Because refined and elevated faith is not predicated upon the desire
of the worshiper to appease G-d through sacrifice.
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