In this week’s parsha, we read of Avraham Avinu’s dedication to the great mitzvah of hachnasas orchim, welcoming guests. The parsha elaborates how we although Avraham was not well, and was recuperating from his bris milah, he went out of his way to welcome guests and bring them into his house.

The Midrash tells us that Avraham Avinu’s tent had four doors. Avraham’s home was always open to welcome all travelers and passerby. One did not even have to go around to find the door of his house, since it was open on all sides.

The Belzer Rebbe once asked a group of Chassidim, we know Avraham Avinu was extremely dedicated to hachnasas orchim, but why did he need four doors on his tent? What is the significance of the four doors, wasn’t one door enough? If someone wants to enter his home let him just go through the front door. What do the four doors symbolize?

The Rebbe answered Avraham Avinu had four doors on his tent k’dai araintzulauzen di arba banim fin di haggada, in order to let in the arba bonim, the four sons of the Haggadah. We read in the Haggadah shel Pesach about four sons, chacham, rasha, tam, and the she’anoi yodai’a lisho’l. These four children are very different from one another, and they were all welcome in Avraham Avinu’s tent.

The lesson is quite clear. Avraham Avinu welcomes every child of Klal Yisrael into his home, but he recognizes that each child needs his own door. Each child in Klal Yisroel has his own unique mehalach, requires his own personalized attention and has his own particular kochos and talents. The door that will work for one will not work for another. Therefore Avraham made four doors on his tent, to show the individual love he has for each and every child, and give each one the individual attention that is specifically right for him.

We must emulate thhe ways of Avraham Avinu and be there for all our children and recognize that there is no cookie-cutter mold for chinuch. Each child can shtieg in his own unique way if we would focus on being there for every neshama in their unique way.