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there were idols, and therefore removed them. As wicked as he was, Lavan
still harbored some understanding of the needs of others and took them
into account. Seeing that he couldn’t kill Eliezer, his inherent chessed took
over and extended its hospitality.
Rivka merited seeing the Shechinah above Yitzchak and hid her face. This
was a result of her middah of chessed. When one walks in the ways of
Hashem and forms himself in the Divine Image, he merits beholding the
splendor of the Shechinah.
The events of Eliezer’s search for a wife for Yitzchak are elaborated on
at length, the overriding message being the importance of the middah of
chessed. Our world is built on chessed. Every aspect of this parashah is
another revelation of this fundamental attribute.
Upon seeing three wayfarers, Avraham got up, forgot his pain, and ran to
greet them. He even asked Hashem to wait for him until he finished. This
is really what Avraham learned from Hashem. He saw how Hashem came
to visit him when he was sick. Avraham knew to do chessed to every
human being, influencing them to come closer to Hashem, just as Hashem
took care of him.

“Then the servant took ten camels of his
master’s camels and set out with all the bounty
of his master in his hand and made his way to
Aram Naharaim to the city of Nahor”

(Bereishit 24:10)