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Avraham rose above his natural compassion and went willingly to do the
Akeidah. Avraham and Yitzchak “walked together,” their hearts unified in
purpose and eager to sanctify the Name of Hashem.
Following this, Avraham returned home, only to find that Sarah Imeinu
had passed away as a result of hearing about the Akeidah. He eulogized
Sarah and cried over her demise, not questioning the Divine judgment, but
mourning the void left by her passing. The passing of any tzaddik places
the world in a state of moral deficiency and righteous deprivation,
something truly worthy mourning about.
Why did he have to undergo such tribulations? What gave Avraham the
ability to withstand such difficult tests?
Tzaddikim see their difficulties not as barriers to their goal but as the
vehicle to get them there. Every nisayon is another building block of
