Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Oct 22, 2026 · 44 min · 12 segments
Sarah gives Hagar to Avraham as a wife. But when Hagar becomes pregnant and begins humiliating Sarah, Sarah turns to Avraham and declares, "Chamasi alecha" — this is your fault! But what did Avraham…
Now if you're Sara Imeinu, and you're married to Avraham Avinu, That's a pretty good shuruch.
Now your childlessness probably means something more than just not having children.
Maybe she thought to herself, I'm failing at continuing the legacy of Avraham Avinu.
It's my responsibility to bring a child into the world to continue what Avraham Avinu was starting.
Because if there's no Yitzchak to continue what Avraham Avinu does, then what happens to the legacy of Avraham Avinu? Maybe he's a tzaddik and maybe he introduces monotheism to the world, but what happens if there's nobody to continue? The whole thing falls apart.
Have you realized that? The entire purpose of being here is to do what? keep it going right that's it's a game of hot potato you got to keep it going and keep passing the hot potato to the next person and you don't drop the hot potato if you drop the hot potato this whole thing falls apart sorry i mean who's probably feeling again i'm using very human terminology and obviously she was a tzaddikas of epic proportions but i imagine that she was feeling a high level of pressure right like i have to keep this thing going and i'm falling short So Sari Imenu does what I would imagine is impossible to do.
Hagar?
Who's Hagar's father? Excellent, yeah? So she's got a pretty important shifra, right? Now, just take a step back for a second.
Now if you're Sara Imeinu, and you're married to Avraham Avinu, That's a pretty good shuruch.
Now your childlessness probably means something more than just not having children.
Maybe she thought to herself, I'm failing at continuing the legacy of Avraham Avinu.
It's my responsibility to bring a child into the world to continue what Avraham Avinu was starting.
Because if there's no Yitzchak to continue what Avraham Avinu does, then what happens to the legacy of Avraham Avinu? Maybe he's a tzaddik and maybe he introduces monotheism to the world, but what happens if there's nobody to continue? The whole thing falls apart.
Have you realized that? The entire purpose of being here is to do what? keep it going right that's it's a game of hot potato you got to keep it going and keep passing the hot potato to the next person and you don't drop the hot potato if you drop the hot potato this whole thing falls apart sorry i mean who's probably feeling again i'm using very human terminology and obviously she was a tzaddikas of epic proportions but i imagine that she was feeling a high level of pressure right like i have to keep this thing going and i'm falling short So Sari Imenu does what I would imagine is impossible to do.
Hagar?
Who's Hagar's father? Excellent, yeah? So she's got a pretty important shifra, right? Now, just take a step back for a second.
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