Our Prayers Trickle Down

Our Prayers Trickle Down."

Rivka and Yitzchak stood facing one another in prayer, each begging God not for themselves, but for the other to be blessed with a child.

After twenty years of infertility, their prayers were an expression of love, humility, and deep spiritual partnership.

The Torah tells us that God answered Yitzchak’s prayer, not because Rivka’s was any less heartfelt, but because his carried the added merit of being a descendant of the righteous Avraham and Sarah. Their prayers, offered long before, continued to echo through time and added strength to their son’s plea.

From here we learn that our prayers never truly end.

The prayers we say today become part of a spiritual inheritance for the generations that follow. They accumulate, uplift, and add merit to the prayers of our children and grandchildren.

Just as Yitzchak’s prayer was strengthened by the prayers of Avraham and Sarah, so too do our own prayers ripple forward, supporting and empowering those who come after us.

Prayer is not only for the present; it is a gift we give to the future.

Much love for a Shabbat Shalom and a Chodesh Tov

Elissa