It’s not always clear who the star in a show is.
Each show has multiple actors and scenes and whilst there are starring roles — the star of the show is the one that stands out the most.
In life — the star of the show is “you”. Each person plays the starring role in their life and despite different metrics to evaluate value — the value of each person is 💯 the same.
In this week’s Parsha we read of the marriage of Isaac & Rebecca. It’s a critical part of the journey and perpetuation of the Jewish nation which remains as critical as ever.
Yet what strikes the eye is the unique role displayed by the “Shadchan / matchmaker”, Eliezer. Abraham entrusted him with the role of finding a suitable bride for his son and instructs him to spare no cost. Eliezer follows his instructions to the tee. He embarked on the mission with one goal in mind and success followed him in a miraculous way.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe points out that stories in the Torah are instructions for how to live our lives. Each of us being an Eliezer in the sense that we each have a unique opportunity to fuse the physical and spiritual elements of life. The ability to utilize the physical for elevated and spiritual purposes.
In this parallel, it’s Gd that’s sending us on a mission and together with this mission he provides the resources and capabilities to achieve this!
This week is the International Conference of Chabad Rabbis. There are many thousands of us in every conceivable locale who converge on Brooklyn to share and inspire one another. Each of us sent and empowered by the Rebbe to our respective communities.
In gathering together, there is representation of the majority of world Jewry —of millions of “stars of the show”, in a nation that has endured the worst but produced the best — shining stronger and stronger each day!