Parshas Lech Lecha

(The Segulah of Learning Zera Shimshon)

Hashem says to Avraham, "V'eeseh l'goy gadol, v'avarechicha v'agadlah shimecha v'haya bracha. V'avarcha mivarchecha..." –– "And I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you..."

The Zera Shimshon asks what is the connection between "you will be a blessing" and "I will bless those who bless you;" what do they have to do with each other that they are juxtaposed here?

He explains that "you will be a blessing" and "I will bless those who bless you" are related in the sense that blessing has a rebound factor. Meaning, when one person receives goodness, the person who gave him that blessing will then have goodness too. It is similar to the idea we see in Bava Kamma (92a) regarding if someone is m'spallel for his friend, he will be answered first.

This concept is true too in the opposite sense. If a bracha does not come true for someone, the person who gives the bracha will not either be blessed (despite that he will be rewarded for his efforts to help his friend).

We hear about this idea so often. There are so many "Kol Hamispallel B'Ad Chaveiro" campaigns –– different people who need yeshuos davening for each other. It allows us to connect with other people. If we can really feel another's pain like we feel our own, really daven for someone to receive a yeshua because their pain feels personal to us, iy"H we will see yeshuos in our own lives.

Source: Zera Shimshon Parshas Lech Lecha