Parshas לך לך – Rabbi Dovid Dubov – From the Rebbe’s Father, Reb Levi Yitzchok זצ״ל

*From the Rebbe’s Father זצ״ל*Lech Lecha *That I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal*, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Avram rich.14:23Talmud Sota (17a) Rava taught : *As reward for that which our Patriarch Abraham said* (to the king of Sodom)*That* (I will not take) *a**thread nor a shoe strap**his children merited two mitzvot* *The thread of sky-blue*(Tzizit), *and the strap of Tefilin*.Question’sA) Why was it *RAVA* who expounded on the words of *Avrohom*?B) What is the connection of *Shoes* & *Tefilin*?C) The Emphases of the *STRAP* of the Shoe?תורת לוי יצחק ע׳ עאילקוט לוי יצחק לך לך סימן צד