Parashas Vayera

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Vayera. 
Avraham Avinu has just had his Bris Milah - Covenant of Circumcision and it is now the third day afterwards , which is the most painful day and HaShem 'Vayera,' - 'Appeared,' to Avraham at Midday-' K'Chom Ha Yom ,' - 'In the Heat of the Day,' when the Sun is highest in the Sky (from the Earth's point of view).' Our Sages tell us that HaShem specifically uncovered the full force of the Sun, so that it would be more hot-thus the 'Heat of the Day.' HaShem did this for two reasons. The first one was that Avraham was known as a man of true Chesed - Kindness , and would have wanted to do as he usually did, which was to show hospitality to guests. To allow Avraham to rest and heal from his circumcision, HaShem specially made it more hot, so that no travelers would not want to go out into the heat where Avraham could invite them in , so he ( Avraham ) could have time to rest and heal without having to wait on guests which was Avraham's usual practice .The other reason for HaShem making it so hot, was that the heat aided in Avraham's healing.
But Avraham being the man that he was, got more emotionally sad than physically pained from his Bris Milah ,that he couldn't show Chesed - Kindness and promote HaShem's Oneness to the World, so HaShem decided to visit Avraham, Himself . We learn from this how important it is to do 'Bikkur Cholim,' - ' Visiting the sick.' Thus HaShem came to visit Avraham .
When HaShem Appeared, Avraham wanted to stand for HaShem (no matter how painful it would have been, but HaShem told him to remain 'sitting.' We see this, in the unusual word that the first verse of our Parsha uses for describing Avraham sitting.The word used is 'Yosheiv,' where , 'To Sit ' would have been the word 'Sheiv,' yet here, the 'Yud,' denotes HaShem , for as Avraham started to rise , He, HaShem told Avraham to sit, thus the 'Yud' in front of the word 'Sheiv. Referring to HaShem's Command.' 
So HaShem 'Vayera,' - ' Appeared to Avraham 'B' Eilonei Mamrei ,' at the plains of Mamre (who was a man called Mamre at the time .' This Parsha, is a Parsha where HaShem and His emissaries, the Angels appear a few times.HaShem Appears to Avraham, then waits on the side while Avraham attends to the three Angels, the Angel Michael ,who came to bring the news of the birth of Yitzchak, the Angel Gavriel, who goes along with the Angel Rafael, to Sodom and through Gavriel, HaShem destroys the cities with HaShem's Help and the Angel Rafael, who comes with Gavriel to save Lot and his daughters from Sodom and bring them out to safety to Tzoar.The angels at first appeared as men, yet Avraham still gave them honor, doing so much more for them than he intimated when they arrived. After the angels leave, HaShem , who was waiting on the side, continues to talk to Avraham, where Avraham pleads with G-D for the life of the people in these five cities situated around a single mountain hill - Sodom, Amorah (Gemorrah) , Admah, Zeboiim and Tzoar, first starting to pray for fifty righteous people which would be at least ten in each and finally going down to at least ten righteous people, which is where Avraham knew he had to stop pleading for there were not even ten righteous people in these cities .
HaShem's two emissaries the Angel Gavriel and the Angel Rafael finally come to Sodom in the evening, taking the whole afternoon trying to delay their arrival there in the hopes that Avraham's pleading for these cities would save the cities. Again, HaShem's Emissaries, these two Angels 'Appear,' to Lot who has just been made into a Judge of the city, thus waiting at the gate of Sodom . The Angels , note that the city is as bad as the report that it was, for the last straw was the poor girl, daughter of Lot, who dared to give charity to an elderly man was punished for her kindness , by her being stripped and hung up in the city, daubed with honey so that the bees would sting her to death. Her cries reached the Heavenly Throne of HaShem ( the cries of the city referred to in the Torah words) and that was enough for HaShem. A city devoid of fear of HaShem and also simple basic kindness, is not a city that deserves to live.
The Angels. Appearing to Lot and his family and blinding the city, is again an example of HaShem and His Emissaries 'Appearing.' Lot and his two daughters were saved, but Lot's Wife, a resident Sodomite was turned into a pillar of salt, for her actions of looking back on the city as they were fleeing, for previously, it was her who had informed her neighbors that Lot had guests for she had gone around asking for salt, thus causing the city to converge on Lot's door.
The Angel Rafael, brings Lot and his remaining two daughters ( from which the Moabites and Ammonites came by their own Father thinking no one was left after the destruction of the cities) to Tzoar one of the five cities set for destruction, but save as Lot asked for it to be spared so he and his daughters could run there and on account of Avraham's prayers and holiness, so again, another appearance of HaShem's Emissary.
Then again, HaShem Appears to Avimelech in a dream,when he takes Sarah .
After Avraham and Sarah have Yitzchak, on the day he is weaned, Yishmael is seen 'Metzacheik,' 'Sporting' with him. This Hebrew word refers to committing idol-worship and murder and blaspheming HaShem - for the same word is used in the actions of the Eirev Rav at the sin of the golden calf in the book of Exodus, for Yishmael was firing arrows at Yitzchak, blaspheming HaShem and from his mother Hagar's background, the family would head toward idol-worship, so Hagar and Yishmael were told to leave by Sarah's correct prophecy, and there again, an Angel of HaShem appeared to Hagar.
HaShem again Appears to Avraham to tell Avraham to take his beloved son Yitzchak and bring his son up to HaShem .
So , in this Parsha HaShem Appears a few times.
In this day and age, we so often hope that HaShem would Appear to us and show us the Way. If only we would realize that HaShem Shows us the way in the Torah.Yet HaShem remains unseen.Although we can see HaShem's Beauty in all the beautiful things HaShem Makes in Creation .
So why doesn't HaShem Appear to us as He Appeared to others, in Biblical times. 
The answer to this is within the word 'Vayera,- ' 'Appeared.' Within the word 'Vayera,' is the word ' Yareih,' which means to 'Fear.' To 'Ro'eh,' - To 'See' HaShem's Essence,' (The word 'Ro ' eh' is also within the word 'Vayera ') we first need to learn 'Yareih,' to. 'Fear' HaShem . When Avraham was asked why he did not mention that Sarah was his wife, he stated clearly, that there was no 'Fear of G-D in this place.' A World that does not acknowledge and Honor HaShem's Almightiness , not fearing HaShem, is not a World that deserves to have HaShem 'Vayera,' - 'Appear,' to it. Avraham was a man who showed total obedience and love to HaShem, not even withholding his beloved son Yitzchak from HaShem. This was a man who totally put his own feelings aside and focused totally on the Will of HaShem , even if it meant giving up the most ever so dear love of his life, his most precious and beloved son Yitzchak (Yitzchaki as he sometimes endearingly called him - 'My beloved Yitzchak'), with whom he used to play, with whom he used to teach, with whom he used to walk and teach of the healing properties of every tree and shrub- a boy who would hold his hand as he listened to the wisdom of his Father, a boy he had waited a hundred years to finally get, his beloved son Yitzchak. Still more precious to Avraham, was HaShem's Wish. So, Avraham deserved to feel the Appearance of HaShem . When we can show HaShem such love and such devotion and fear, then we can start to feel partly worthy to feel ready to greet HaShem's Appearance to us. 
In our day and age, this World has little fear of its Creator. People murder, steal and hurt others and animals mercilessly. People look only to themselves causing others to shed tears of pain. Thus, the World has gone to such a low extent that so many in this World shun those who still faithfully follow this World's Creator. There is no fear of HaShem left in so many , in this World. 
People don't even care anymore ,hurting others in private, thinking HaShem won't see . HaShem Sees All . If such a World does not care that HaShem would see them, how can such a World expect the honor of seeing HaShem Appear to it.
To bring the essence of HaShem's Shechinah back to us, we need to start to Fear HaShem and put HaShem before ourselves. We need to be totally cognizant of every action we do, that all is being seen and that all things are noted. When we let HaShem back in , HaShem will pull us close. 
Let us emulate our beloved holy people like Avraham Avinu, and make the Fear of HaShem, the very air we breath that HaShem gives us.Let us put back the 'Yareih'- the 'Fear' for HaShem and His Laws,into every action and thing we do, so that HaShem Will 'Vayera,' - 'Appear,' to us and our World so it can be a total Holy World of HaShem .
With love to HaShem, I wish HaShem with love, a very beautiful Holy and Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love and to you, a very beautiful and sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love.