Parshas Chayei Sarah: Rivka's Chesed and Ayin Tov

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why did the water rise to meet Rivka at the well? Rivka had an ayin tov, an eye that sees abundance, and that sense of fullness is the engine under her chesed. Through the Maharal, the good eye is itself the true kos shel bracha. The water rose to meet a vessel that was ready to give.

Key points

• The Ramban finds the Midrash's hint in vatimalei, her jug filled, rather than vatishav, she drew.
• Rivka's chesed flows from ayin tov, seeing that she has enough to overflow to others.
• The Maharal compares a baal chesed to a stream fed by a river, refilled as it gives.
• The Gemara in Sotah gives the kos shel bracha to the tov ayin.
• The Maharal matches the ten requirements of the kos shel bracha to Yitzchak's bracha to Yaakov.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rashi and Ramban on the rising water
2. 5:57Reading the pesukim at the well
3. 9:25Rivka's midah of ayin tov
4. 11:21Maharal: the stream and the river
5. 16:36Lev tov and ayin tov
6. 21:51Gemara in Sotah on kos shel bracha
7. 27:39Ten requirements of the kos shel bracha
8. 30:07Kos shel bracha and Yitzchak's bracha
9. 36:09Back to the pesukim

Topics

• Ayin Tov
• Chesed
• Kos Shel Bracha
• Chayei Sarah