I Went to a Moroccan Persian wedding this week.  Last night the couple came by because I am letting them store their gifts in my storage room for a month until  they can move into the apartment they rented.

 

I had to also speak to them a bit - aboout communication and communicating feelings. Also always a good review for me!

 

As to the portion - so Abraham - how did he get so many friends,

 after moving to a new country - enough to raise his own army?

 

And an old man at that! 75!

 

He made friends - NOT with Pharoah or the Philistines,

but Aner Eshkol and Mamre - 

whose names are preserved forever around Hebron - to this day!

 

This was a tough week for me, attending

A memorial for an old friend who passed away- 

after nearly half century of marriage

 

And This Morning after prayers an

Other guy mentioned he got divorced this summer 

after 50 years of marriage - but the 2 years of CORONA were hard!

 

Corona has left a path of "destructed" people and families!

G-d protect us from any more!

 

SO - Why was I invited to tha t wedding?