Articles #First love

Sometimes it seems that Isaac is a bit missed by us. He does not have the originality of Abraham, the breakthrough, the discovery, the search. And on the other hand, he also does not have the consistency of Jacob. He does not have this drive that grabs his brother's heel and does not let go, he does not have the wanderings, the torment. He simply laughs. He continues on, passes on, sees the world with kind eyes of laughter and joy. And perhaps something in this simplicity allows love to happen, to develop.

How much Abraham believes in his servant. That he lets him take care of the thing that is most precious to him. In his son Isaac. And he trusts him to find the right and complete partnership for him. And how much trust does a servant have in the Lord of the universe, who will bring him together with the right partnership. And how much trust does he have in the young girl who waters him and his sheep, to decide that she is truly the perfect match for Isaac. And how much trust does Rebecca have, who sets out with a foreign messenger to a distant land, in full faith that this is the path that God, the Blessed, has called her to for the exact pairing for her. And how much trust does Isaac have in his father and also in the servant, that the girl they brought to him is truly the one for him. And trust between the couple is truly essential to the success of a partnership over long and good years. But also giving trust to the messengers along the way is a good and important way to succeed in building more and more homes in Israel.