Drawing Water for Others
Eliezer's very name describes a person who draws Torah from his teacher and gives others to drink, and the Noam Elimelech teaches that a worthy name can help a person become a tzaddik.
The Gemara reads Dammesek Eliezer as doleh umashkeh: one who draws water and gives others to drink, from the Torah of his master. The Noam Elimelech hears this in Avraham's words to Hashem. Avraham was childless, and one might have said that Eliezer could count as his son, since whoever teaches another person's son Torah is considered as if he had given birth to him. Avraham answered that this was not so. If Eliezer is a tzaddik who draws from my Torah and gives others to drink, that comes from him, not from me. The Rebbe explains that a name can be a cause: being called by a worthy name helps a person become a tzaddik. Eliezer lived up to the meaning of his name, and his goodness was his own.
Source: Noam Elimelech, Bereishis, Lech Lecha (on Bereishis 15:2–3); Gemara, Yoma 28b
Eliezer did not keep his master's Torah to himself; he drew it up and gave others to drink. Think of one thing you learned this week, a line from the parsha, a halacha or a thought from a shiur. Share it today with one person: a child at the Shabbos table, a friend on the phone, a coworker who would appreciate it. Say where you heard it. And consider the meaning of your own name, or your child's; let it remind you of the person you are trying to become.