In Parashat Toldot (25:21) the Pasuk says “And Yitzchak appealed to Hashem for his wife, for she was barren, and Hashem accepted his appeal, and his wife Rivka conceived.”
Questions:
The order of events seems to be reversed here. Why begin by telling us that Yitzchak prayed and only afterward that the reason for his prayers was Rivka’s barrenness? Wouldn’t it have made sense for the Torah to do it the other way? Shouldn’t it first tell us that Rachel was barren, then that he prayed?
Answer: Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried explains that this is in fact the correct order. The Talmud (Yevamos 64a) explains that Rivka was barren because Hashem savors the prayers of the righteous. Hashem knows that the righteous respond to aversity with prayer, and so He sends them such adversity. Therefore, Hashem wanted to hear Yitzchak’s prayer that was the cause of the barrenness. From here we can also learn the power of Tefillah and Hashem listening to our prayers.
Shabbat Shalom!
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