BAALEI TESHUVA
“Please place your hand under my thigh.” (24:2)
Since Eliezer was not born into a home of kedusho, the evil inclination had an especially strong hold on him and fought him about all sorts of matters. Therefore, Avrohom was afraid that the evil inclination would overcome him and convince him not to travel a great distance, but rather take a wife from Canaan for Yitzchok. That is why Avrohom insisted that Eliezer take an oath, so that he would be forced to overcome his yetzer and fulfil his master’s wishes.
Sometimes a baal teshuva is on a higher level than a Jew born into a religious home, since he has to overcome many trials. We therefore have to draw ba’alei teshuva close to us, since they are people of great courage.
Rav Sternbuch - Chayei Soroh
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