Chazal tell us that as long as Sarah Imeinu lived, her tent was filled with open miracles. Bereishit Rabbah teaches that her Shabbat candles stayed lit from week to week, a cloud of the Shechina hovered above her tent, and her dough was blessed. It wasn’t just a home. It was a place where Hashem’s Presence was felt. And when Sarah passed away — all of it vanished.

Yitzchak didn’t only lose his mother; he lost the spiritual atmosphere he grew up in, the clarity and warmth of a home where the Shechina was tangible. Rashi explains that he mourned this loss until Rivka entered the tent and the miracles returned. Only then, the Torah says, “Vayinachem Yitzchak” — he was comforted. His nechama came from one thing: the Shechina came back.

Maaseh Avot siman l’banim.
Our history follows the same pattern. Just as the Avot lived with the Shechina resting in their homes, the Jewish People experienced constant miracles in the Beit HaMikdash (Pirkei Avot). Since then, we haven’t only mourned a building — we’ve mourned the loss of that closeness, that clarity, that light.

But just like the miracles returned instantly when Rivka arrived, so too will they return to us. The Navi promises, “The glory of the future House will be greater than the first” (Chaggai 2:9). What’s even more striking is how this entire parsha hints to the speed of redemption.

When Hashem decided it was time for Yitzchak to be married and start the next stage of building Bnei Yisrael, everything sped up. Rashi tells us that Eliezer’s journey to find a wife for Yitzchak miraculously shortened through kevitzat haderech. He prayed to find the right girl — and before he even finished speaking, Rivka appeared with the exact midot he hoped for. As they returned, Yitzchak went out to daven — and the moment he lifted his eyes, the camels with Rivka were already approaching.

When Hashem decides the time has come, events don’t move slowly.
They accelerate.
Paths shorten.
Clarity appears.
Everything aligns at once.

This is the secret of Geula. Yeshayahu says, “In its time I will hasten it.” When the moment arrives, it will unfold quickly — just like in this parsha.

We live in Yitzchak’s waiting years, longing for the return of the Shechina. But the pattern of the Avot is our promise. Just as Rivka walked into the tent and every lost light reignited in an instant, so too the Third Beit HaMikdash will rise, the miracles will return, and the Shechina will once again be felt clearly in our lives.

And when it comes, it will come fast — in a blink — and we will watch every piece of the puzzle fall perfectly into place.
May we see it soon.