Don't Worry! Ramban's 800-Year-Old Promise Speaks to Our Times

See what an amazing thing someone told me this morning at the synagogue after prayers.

Everyone knows the case with Hagar, Sarah's maid, who rebelled against her mistress, which is why Sarah oppressed her, etc., right?

Everyone also knows what happened next, that she fled from Sarah, as it is written in the verse: "And Sarah oppressed her, and she fled from her." (Genesis 16:6). She indeed fled from Sarah, distanced herself, and did not want to return, but suddenly the angel of Hashem appeared to Hagar and said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her oppression."

Indeed, Hagar returned, and later Ishmael was born, who worshiped idolatry and was a wild man until he was eventually entirely banished with his mother, the maid, to the desert, his natural place, among the predators of wild men.

But...

What not all of us know is what Ramban said about this verse 800 years ago. Simply amazing: "And Sarah oppressed her, and she fled from her - Our mother sinned in this oppression, and so did Abraham by allowing it to happen, and Hashem heard her oppression and gave her a son who would be a wild man to oppress the offspring of Abraham and Sarah with all kinds of oppression: Return to your mistress and submit to her hand - He commanded her to return and accept the sovereignty of her mistress. This indicates that she would never be freed from her, as the sons of Sarah will always rule over her descendants."

That is, Ramban explicitly states that Sarah indeed sinned in this oppression, and she should have found another solution for the maid's insolence and rebellion, which is why today this oppression manifests in Ishmael's descendants managing to oppress the people of Israel, both now and in the past. But ---

What the descendants of Ishmael seek to do, to rule over us and defeat us, will never succeed. Just as the prophecy of oppression by Ishmael's descendants against the people of Israel is written, so it is explicitly stated that nothing will help the descendants of Ishmael! Because the sons of Sarah will rule over the offspring of Hagar the maid forever, for she is a maid, and her sons are slaves forever, unworthy of royalty and despised by the whole world, their hand is against everyone, and everyone's hand is against them.

Therefore, let not your hearts be faint, dear people of Israel, our wonderful people, remember Ramban's promise - nothing will help them, indeed they have the permission to oppress, true, and it is very unpleasant, to say the least, but they have no control. They cannot rule over the sons of Sarah.

Especially when they are connected to Sarah and are called by her name.

Continue to trust Hashem, and you will see wonders!

Rabbi Yochi Danchi is a lecturer, the manager of the private investment fund 'NextMoves', and a multi-disciplinary emotional supporter specializing in creating rapid changes, overcoming anxieties, education, relationships, and return to love with ease - "Winners" method