Your act of chesed can sweeten what feels hard

Hi friends!

Today I want to share a beautiful insight from this week's parsha: when something in your life feels hard, your act of chesed right now can sweeten it, and awaken Hashem's chesed for you!

When Avraham welcomed the three visitors, one of them was the angel sent to overturn Sedom. Avraham felt that din, judgment, was right there at his door. The Zera Kodesh explains that he answered it with chesed: he offered them water, which represents kindness, to sweeten that judgment.

Think about what this means for you. "Sweetening judgment" means that what feels heavy and hard can turn softer and kinder. And you have a part in it! You don't stand helpless in front of a difficulty. When you give kindness, you awaken Hashem's kindness, right inside the very situation you are facing.

Here are three ways to do this today:

1. Feeling tense with someone?
Choose one caring response: listen to what they need, offer real help, or answer with warmth. You bring chesed into the place that felt hardest, and that can change how you meet each other from your very next words!

2. Feeling helpless about a situation?
Do one act of chesed within your reach: call someone who is unwell, give tzedakah, or lighten someone else's load. As you do it, speak with Hashem: "Hashem, let this kindness awaken Your kindness, for me and for everyone involved." You are taking a real step, right now, even before you see how it will turn out.

3. Want to feel closer to Hashem?
The Zera Kodesh connects sweetening judgment with doing mitzvot too. Before your next mitzvah, say: "Hashem, I'm doing this for You." Then do it with all your heart, knowing it brings more of Hashem's chesed into your life!

Your kindness is never small. Start with one act of chesed today, and open your heart to all the kindness Hashem is bringing you! 💛

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Rabbi Rachamim Bitton

Bereshit 18:4; Zera Kodesh, Vayera 5