Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Yisro.Moshe's father in Law,who was a priest of Midian,who had heard of the miracles that HaShem had performed for his people Israel,knew that now he had found The True G-D.He had tried all the different religions and found them to be lacking.He as well as the rest of the World heard the wonderful miracles G-D had done for Israel against the Egyptians and how G-D had split the Yam Suf into twelve pathways so Israel could walk through on dry land,so Yitro decided to become a Gair Tzeddek,a righteous convert to Yiddishkeit Judaism.He came toward the Israelite camp and shot an arrow into the Clouds of Glory with a message to Moshe to let him come into the camp. Normally the Clouds of Glory did not accept messages,but this one,HaShem allowed and the letter came through the Clouds and landed by Moshe. Yisro was admitted into the camp and,after Moshe told him all the wonderful things that was HaShem,Yisro became the first Gair Tzeddek ,Righteous Convert to. Judaism . In Yisro's honor,while Yisro was dining with Moshe and Aharon and Miriam, HaShem welcomed Yisro into the Jewish fold, with a special gift of 'Mann,'. (Manah) which fell down in front of Yisro on the table to eat.HaShem honored such a special action of a gentile ,coming to HaShem and wanting to be part of the following of the Holy Torah,by having this Parsha that includes the Holy Revelation of HaShem to His people and the giving of the 'Asaret HaDibrot' - 'The Ten Statements/Commandments by having this Parsha in Yisro's name. So much, does HaShem love the true Righteous Convert to Yiddishkeit.
In this Parsha HaShem has His people prepare for the Beautiful Revelation of receiving the Holy Aseret Ha Dibrot by purifying themselves so that they can have their request fulfilled and meet our Creator .
HaShem came down on Har Sinai , one of the smaller mountains in the region, to show that through humility , HaShem can be reached. The sound of HaShem coming down to finally fulfill His Wish since Creation to bring His Laws down to this World ,was a wish HaShem waited for for 2448 years since Creation .When the World questioned Bilaam at the time, what is happening and what is all the sudden silence ,for the World came to a stand still when HaShem came down ,Bilaam answered them ,that it is The Creator that is giving His Law to His people.
The miracles that took place when HaShem Spoke was beyond our comprehension. HaShem spoke all the ten Commandments at first in the same instant all at once , something that defied natural science . The Words of HaShem were not just audible, but could be seen as a form of radiant fire that cut through space and time . HaShem started to relate each Commandment on its own and this was received by all Jews there as well as those Jewish souls that would still come and also the souls of all Gairim (Converts to Judaism ) that would still come and the way the Commandments were heard,they were heard by each individual in their own level of understanding to the point where all would understand the meaning equally . After HaShem related the first two Commandments, the people begged Moshe to please rather relate the rest of the Commandments as they could not stand HaShem's Awesome Spiritual Power and their souls left their bodies. HaShem had to restore their souls by letting the Blessed Dew that HaShem is also keeping for Techias Ha Meisim (Resurrection of the dead in Mashiach's time ) to fall on them and revive them .
HaShem then related the Aseret Ha Dibrot, Ten Statements / Commandments for all posterity . There are 620 letters in the account of the Aseret Ha Dibrot which shows that HaShem gave 613 Mitzvos to His Jewish people as well as the 7 Noachide Laws for all the Nations to follow .
We note that there were Ten Statements / Commandments just as there were 10 pronouncements by HaShem when He Created Creation . Thus each of the Ten Commandments can relate to each of the Ten pronouncements that HaShem made in Creation .As HaShem Said in the first Commandment that He is HaShem ,so did HaShem Say in the beginning, 'Let there be light,' for HaShem is Light to this World. Just as HaShem said in the second Commandment,that we must serve only Him , so did HaShem say in Creation ,'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,' (in other words a choice of physicalities separate to test us to not follow that which is unholy) so must we be faithful to G-D alone.
Just as HaShem said in the Ten Commandments 'Not to take His Name in vain, ' thus respecting Him only,and putting Him above all else ,separating Him. From all unholiness,so did HaShem say at Creation, 'Let it separate (firmament) between water and water,' to show that what is Holy must be separate.
Just as HaShem said in the Ten Commandments,,' To keep the Sabbath of G-D,' thus keeping Holy,so did HaShem say at Creation,'Let the waters beneath the Heaven be gathered into one area,' thus showing as the Commandment that we must make a special day and place in our lives - the Shabbos - for HaShem .
Just as it says in the Ten Commandments ,that we are 'To Honor our Father and Mother,' so does it say in HaShem's Pronouncement at Creation,'Let the Dry land appear,' the very essence of the physicality from which we are all born,our parents from Whom, with HaShem, we come .
Just as it says in the Ten Commandments ,' You shall not murder,' (thus respecting all life ) , so did HaShem Pronounce at Creation ,'Let the Earth sprout vegetation ,' thus help things live and sprout life.
Just as HaShem said in the Ten Commandments,'You shall not commit adultery,' so did HaShem Pronounce at Creation ,'Let there be luminaries in the firmament of heaven to separate between the day and the night,' so did HaShem command us that we are to look toward unity with Him and not to anything else and the same goes for being faithful to our partner only and not look toward others that may look like sparkles that attract to the eyes.
Just as HaShem said in the Ten Commandments ,'You shall not steal,' thus showing how we must respect what HaShem gives us and not want to take from others, so did HaShem Pronounce at Creation,' Let the waters teem with teeming living creatures ,' to remind us that there are many out there and each has its own destiny and needs to be satisfied with what HaShem gives each one and not want to take from others for HaShem has plenty to go around.
As HaShem Commanded that ' You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,'thus changing the way HaShem Created them, so did HaShem Pronounce at Creation,' Let the Earth bring forth living creatures ,each according to its kind,' so must each life form be left as its kind and character and personality and not be changed by us giving false testimony to what is not true of that life form .
The Tenth Commandment 'Thou shalt not Covet,' relates to HaShem's Pronouncement at Creation when HaShem says 'Let man be made ,' for each man has his own destiny to fulfill and others should not covet that destiny but be a person of themselves, following G-D whole-heartedly and faithfully.
So these 'Aseret Ha Dibrot '- 'Ten Statements / Commandments ' that HaShem waited for since Creation , related to every ' Let it be ,' that HaShem Pronounced when He made Ten Pronouncements that Created this Creation and so ,the giving of the Torah in this moment at Mount Sinai was like the Creation of the World -A new beginning for us all to start again and return to Gan Eiden . Every part of this precious Torah when kept is a pathway to the Heaven that HaShem made for us all and is the very Creation within our grasp . The first five Commandments were Commandments between HaShem and us and the second five Commandments were Commandments between people and each other.Yet both come together as one for we serve HaShem by treating HaShem correctly and doing as He asks us and also by treating our fellow humans and all life with kindness.
No matter who we are , as HaShem Created the World for an Adam, so are each of us a worthy reason for Creation to exist ,just as Yisro turned from all that was wrong and stood alone against his fellow Midianites , to follow HaShem faithfully, so can all people be that one person for which this world deserves to be , by following HaShem Only with faith and righteousness and love.
With love to HaShem , I wish HaShem with love , a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all my fellow Yidden , a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love.
Friday, 29 January 2016
Friday, 22 January 2016
Parashas Beshalach
Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Beshalach where we finally leave Egypt after so many years of hardship and slavery and the last of the Egyptian hardships end with us walking through the Yam Suf on dry land.
Our people in Egypt had become accustomed to Egyptian ways and some had even followed their foreign ways.The Levites remained faithful to G-D and always spoke of G-D's redemption .
Our Parsha is called 'Beshalach,' which means 'Sent,' for Par'o had sent us from his land.But it wasn't Par'o who was in control and really sending us.It was G-D who had decided the exact moment of our redemption and thus sent us from this land.The first verse states clearly that it was G-D who led us and so,was in full control of all that was happening.HaShem had forgiven us for some of our people following Egyptian ways and this can be seen in the name of this Parsha ,which is 'Beshalach,' for within this word is the Hebrew word ,'Selach,' which means 'Forgives.'With the 'Bet' Hebrew letter in front it becomes 'To or within forgiveness,' for HaShem was allowing us to be forgiven and walk toward Him ,coming closer to Him and away from Tum'a .
It was at the Yam Suf that Par'o finally acknowledged that HaShem Is G-D and as our Rabbis state,it was this Par'o who never returned to Egypt but went toward Nineveh,where he became ruler and it was to him that the prophet Yonah was sent.We see in that story that this time the king of Nineveh did try to repent and called upon the Ninevites to fast and do likewise.G-D forgave them . No matter how far a person turns away from G-D , HaShem is eternally merciful to accept that person's forgiveness always if they turn back to Him with a full heart of repentance.
The Jews left Egypt and G-D did not want to send them by way of the Philistines for, as the Torah says 'Ki Kartov Hu,' - 'It was too close,' which meant that in the time of Avraham and Abimelech , an agreement of peace was promulgated to stand for their generation and the next and the following one and this following generation was still alive. So HaShem turned the Children of Israel back toward Egypt to stop by the Sea of Reeds - the Yam Suf near ba'al tzefon which was actually where the idol baal stood .Par'o had sent spies with the Children of Israel to see if they would come back after the 3 days originally requested for and when we did not return to Egypt,the spies reported this back to Par'o.Pharoah ,thinking (how wrong they were) the idol baal had stopped us from travelling further,thinking it had weakened us (as HaShem knew he would think),took 600 of his best chariots and they headed toward us.
The site of the oncoming Egyptians causes panic yet Moshe and Aharon assured the people that G-D would fight for us . Some of the people displayed such faith in G-D that they walked into the Yam Suf before it opened . G-D split the Sea for us with His miraculous Power , causing the water to split into 12 passage-ways so each tribe could walk through in their tribe .The water glistened with a sweet fragrance and any of our people who were thirsty,needed to only stretch out their hand into the water and sweet tasting water came lightly to them to drink. G-D ensured that we walked on dry ground till the other side,while the Clouds of Glory surrounded us and the pillar of fire that led us through the night,stood as a barrier between us and our enemy.The water walls were transparent and decorated with sparkling mosaic shapes so as to allow us to gain confidence at our fellow tribes as we saw them through the walls also happy and walking free. HaShem allowed the Egyptians to pursue us when we had almost reached the other side and the Egyptians faced their worst nightmares and the waters came in torrents back on them like a solid mass.The Sea floor became muddy for them as they had made us stand in the mud of the brick pits while the Angel Gavriel stood on the side of the Walls of water by the pathways for us .Our Rabbis say the Egyptians suffered over 200 plagues at the Sea ,each one, a midda knegged middah punishment for what they did to us.Never before had any nation witnessed the love of G-D for His people as we witnessed G-D show us in Egypt and at the Sea . Those of our people that straggled behind, G-D reached out His Right Hand and lifted them to the shore in safety while He His Hand held the Egyptians away from us,turning them over and over in the depths of the Sea .
Moshe and the people looked upon the dead Egyptians that the Sea threw out and how G-D stood for us and performed such Mighty Awesome miracles and they started to sing Shira .Within the words of this Shira ,we read the gratitude that our people felt at the Might of G-D and His protection over us and also within the words of this Shira ,are prophetic words for the future .Miriam too and the women also sang Shira to G-D .The angels too wanted to sing Shira but G-D did not permit it as He said that all people are His children and His children (the Egyptians) were dying in the Sea ,yet He let us sing Shira as we were saved from these Egyptians directly from G-D and deserved to sing Shira in praise of HaShem for His goodness to us,in gratitude.
The fervor of our people's gratitude then , should never be forgotten and we, today need to do the same , for every day HaShem ' Beshalach, ' sends us out into His World to make it a World for Him to dwell within .
It has been many years since that day , but within the heart of every Jew , still sits the awesomeness of this event and the love that our G-D showed us as He carried us on 'Eagles Wings,' as it says in Torah . Note how it says ' on 'Eagle's wings,' not under them , for HaShem ,even today continues to carry us high and shield us from the harm that can come from below as He is between the harm below and us as our shield so that He takes the blows .
HaShem has never left us . He is always with us, sending us out to do His Bidding with love . So many of us don't take time to look deep enough within ourselves to find that ever binding core that ties us close to our Creator . Distance between Him and us is created by us and our actions .Yet G-D is always there to ' Selach ,' - 'Forgive ' us as He sends us out into the World to bring others to His Light and Kindness. We may all wish to be in Gan Eiden , but we are all here for a purpose and that is to make this World a place where HaShem and His Heaven can Dwell . Our job us to not just bring Heaven down to Earth but to bring Earth up to Heaven . His Holy Torah is the guideline of how to do this and His Sweet Light waits at the end of our journey to bring us home as He sends us out - ' Beshalach ,' into the Physical to bring it back to the Spiritual .
There is always a miracle waiting to appear if only we open our eyes and truly look , sending ourselves out of our physicalities and bringing the light in .That Miracle is the Sweetness of the Appearance of HaShem's Shechinah just waiting to be at one ,with us all.
Our lives have a special purpose.That purpose is G-D's purpose which is the only purpose that is.Let each moment count toward that purpose and be true messengers of HaShem as He 'Beshalach,'-'Sends,' you out to make this world a World of G-D .
With love to HaShem I wish HaShem with love a beautiful sweet precious Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden , a beautiful sweet precious Shabbos Kodesh with love.
Our people in Egypt had become accustomed to Egyptian ways and some had even followed their foreign ways.The Levites remained faithful to G-D and always spoke of G-D's redemption .
Our Parsha is called 'Beshalach,' which means 'Sent,' for Par'o had sent us from his land.But it wasn't Par'o who was in control and really sending us.It was G-D who had decided the exact moment of our redemption and thus sent us from this land.The first verse states clearly that it was G-D who led us and so,was in full control of all that was happening.HaShem had forgiven us for some of our people following Egyptian ways and this can be seen in the name of this Parsha ,which is 'Beshalach,' for within this word is the Hebrew word ,'Selach,' which means 'Forgives.'With the 'Bet' Hebrew letter in front it becomes 'To or within forgiveness,' for HaShem was allowing us to be forgiven and walk toward Him ,coming closer to Him and away from Tum'a .
It was at the Yam Suf that Par'o finally acknowledged that HaShem Is G-D and as our Rabbis state,it was this Par'o who never returned to Egypt but went toward Nineveh,where he became ruler and it was to him that the prophet Yonah was sent.We see in that story that this time the king of Nineveh did try to repent and called upon the Ninevites to fast and do likewise.G-D forgave them . No matter how far a person turns away from G-D , HaShem is eternally merciful to accept that person's forgiveness always if they turn back to Him with a full heart of repentance.
The Jews left Egypt and G-D did not want to send them by way of the Philistines for, as the Torah says 'Ki Kartov Hu,' - 'It was too close,' which meant that in the time of Avraham and Abimelech , an agreement of peace was promulgated to stand for their generation and the next and the following one and this following generation was still alive. So HaShem turned the Children of Israel back toward Egypt to stop by the Sea of Reeds - the Yam Suf near ba'al tzefon which was actually where the idol baal stood .Par'o had sent spies with the Children of Israel to see if they would come back after the 3 days originally requested for and when we did not return to Egypt,the spies reported this back to Par'o.Pharoah ,thinking (how wrong they were) the idol baal had stopped us from travelling further,thinking it had weakened us (as HaShem knew he would think),took 600 of his best chariots and they headed toward us.
The site of the oncoming Egyptians causes panic yet Moshe and Aharon assured the people that G-D would fight for us . Some of the people displayed such faith in G-D that they walked into the Yam Suf before it opened . G-D split the Sea for us with His miraculous Power , causing the water to split into 12 passage-ways so each tribe could walk through in their tribe .The water glistened with a sweet fragrance and any of our people who were thirsty,needed to only stretch out their hand into the water and sweet tasting water came lightly to them to drink. G-D ensured that we walked on dry ground till the other side,while the Clouds of Glory surrounded us and the pillar of fire that led us through the night,stood as a barrier between us and our enemy.The water walls were transparent and decorated with sparkling mosaic shapes so as to allow us to gain confidence at our fellow tribes as we saw them through the walls also happy and walking free. HaShem allowed the Egyptians to pursue us when we had almost reached the other side and the Egyptians faced their worst nightmares and the waters came in torrents back on them like a solid mass.The Sea floor became muddy for them as they had made us stand in the mud of the brick pits while the Angel Gavriel stood on the side of the Walls of water by the pathways for us .Our Rabbis say the Egyptians suffered over 200 plagues at the Sea ,each one, a midda knegged middah punishment for what they did to us.Never before had any nation witnessed the love of G-D for His people as we witnessed G-D show us in Egypt and at the Sea . Those of our people that straggled behind, G-D reached out His Right Hand and lifted them to the shore in safety while He His Hand held the Egyptians away from us,turning them over and over in the depths of the Sea .
Moshe and the people looked upon the dead Egyptians that the Sea threw out and how G-D stood for us and performed such Mighty Awesome miracles and they started to sing Shira .Within the words of this Shira ,we read the gratitude that our people felt at the Might of G-D and His protection over us and also within the words of this Shira ,are prophetic words for the future .Miriam too and the women also sang Shira to G-D .The angels too wanted to sing Shira but G-D did not permit it as He said that all people are His children and His children (the Egyptians) were dying in the Sea ,yet He let us sing Shira as we were saved from these Egyptians directly from G-D and deserved to sing Shira in praise of HaShem for His goodness to us,in gratitude.
The fervor of our people's gratitude then , should never be forgotten and we, today need to do the same , for every day HaShem ' Beshalach, ' sends us out into His World to make it a World for Him to dwell within .
It has been many years since that day , but within the heart of every Jew , still sits the awesomeness of this event and the love that our G-D showed us as He carried us on 'Eagles Wings,' as it says in Torah . Note how it says ' on 'Eagle's wings,' not under them , for HaShem ,even today continues to carry us high and shield us from the harm that can come from below as He is between the harm below and us as our shield so that He takes the blows .
HaShem has never left us . He is always with us, sending us out to do His Bidding with love . So many of us don't take time to look deep enough within ourselves to find that ever binding core that ties us close to our Creator . Distance between Him and us is created by us and our actions .Yet G-D is always there to ' Selach ,' - 'Forgive ' us as He sends us out into the World to bring others to His Light and Kindness. We may all wish to be in Gan Eiden , but we are all here for a purpose and that is to make this World a place where HaShem and His Heaven can Dwell . Our job us to not just bring Heaven down to Earth but to bring Earth up to Heaven . His Holy Torah is the guideline of how to do this and His Sweet Light waits at the end of our journey to bring us home as He sends us out - ' Beshalach ,' into the Physical to bring it back to the Spiritual .
There is always a miracle waiting to appear if only we open our eyes and truly look , sending ourselves out of our physicalities and bringing the light in .That Miracle is the Sweetness of the Appearance of HaShem's Shechinah just waiting to be at one ,with us all.
Our lives have a special purpose.That purpose is G-D's purpose which is the only purpose that is.Let each moment count toward that purpose and be true messengers of HaShem as He 'Beshalach,'-'Sends,' you out to make this world a World of G-D .
With love to HaShem I wish HaShem with love a beautiful sweet precious Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden , a beautiful sweet precious Shabbos Kodesh with love.
Friday, 15 January 2016
Parashas Bo
Our Parashah this Shabbos is Parashas Bo where HaShem tells Moshe to come to Par'o and the plagues continue. In Egypt,leading up to the Laws of Pesach and of the Rosh Chodesh New Moon and our Exodus from Mitzrayim.
How interesting that HaShem tells Moshe to 'Bo' - 'Come' to Par'o and not to 'Lech' - 'Go' to Par'o which would have been the usual construct of. Such a Command.Why 'Bo'- 'Come?' And not 'Lech' - 'Go?'
Going to a person suggests more of a strict purpose,whereas 'coming' to a person suggests more of a heart felt plea to try and change that person's ways.
Here,Moshe had to keep approaching Par'o to try reach him. We learn from this that we are to 'Bo,' - 'Come' to others to lead them to the light of HaShem .G-D didn't need Par'o to agree so that G-D could let the Children of Israel go. G-D is All Powerful and did it anyway.So why the need to plead with Par'o to relent? HaShem is most merciful and always hopes that people will change on their own and 'Bo' - 'Come' to Him of their own free will without prodding or force, as being with HaShem is certainly for a person's own good . HaShem constantly 'Bo,' - 'Comes' to His Creation in so many ways , hoping that His Creation will finally want to 'Bo,' - 'Come' close to Him of its own, out of love for HaShem . HaShem gives His Creation so many opportunities to change and be G-D fearing and follow His Laws and G-D waits so long just for the glimmer of hope that His Creation will open up its eyes and realize He is the truth all along .
So day after day,hour after hour,minute after minute and second after second, G-D continues to give us among the rest of His Creation , the breath of life and hopes for our benefit , that we will 'Bo' - 'Come' to Him .He puts us in this World of physicality and wants us to make the place a place that He can dwell among us, by making it holy .
HaShem Comes to us all the time,in the sweet smelling breeze of a soft wind that encircles us so softly in love,in the fresh sweet fragrance of a flower in bloom,in the warmth every day of the Sun's rays and in the caring provision of our needs to survive . We just need to look and see how often HaShem 'Bo,' - 'Comes' to us for He never leaves our side.
Why so often do we leave His? How sad,that He wants closeness with us but we get too busy to realize that He is there giving us that very breath that we use to keep busy. He is all around us, constantly coming to us out of Love (for The Creator loves His Creation) and hopes we just respond by turning around from our day and 'Bo' - 'Coming,' to Him.
So many opportunities does HaShem give us to do the right thing.So many opportunities did HaShem give Par'o,in sending Moshe to warn Par'o of the coming plague,showing that HaShem's Warning gives Par'o an opportunity to change hoping that he will, but Par'o closed himself more,the more he denied the truth of what he already could see, that HASHEM Is G-D .
HaShem gives us so many opportunities for change if we only open up our eyes and look . He Is G-D .
There is always a way back to G-D no matter how far one thinks one has gone. G-D is always as close as a prayer .There are always new opportunities to change . Like the Rosh Chodesh , a New Moon when the Moon starts to show itself in the sky from apparent hiding,so can we start anew and let ourselves shine out with the Light of G-D .
So no matter how far one thinks one has gone,one can always do Teshuvah and return to HaShem.One can always 'Bo,' - 'Come,' back to G-D .
HaShem put us in this World so we can 'Bo,' - 'Come,' to others and lead others to the Light of G-D so that others might 'Bo' - 'Come' to G-D and His Light .It was on the Hebrew month of Nissan that G-D redeemed us from Egyptian Bondage and so,called this ,the beginning of the months , even though the World was Created by G-D on Tishrei , for it was on this Month that we were freed from the Egyptians and became a people unto G-D . It was on this special Month that HaShem took us out of Egypt to be a people special unto Him .It was on this month that we showed our enemies that their false deities were nothing but a lamb and that G-D is the One and Only True G-D Who Makes all things .
It was in this month that all saw that the Children of Israel were G-D's people and that they would carry HaShem's Law as a Light to lead all people, to 'Bo,' - 'Come,' to HaShem .This month was of sweet value as the month of Tishrei,when Creation came into being.This was called the beginning of the months , Nissan, for G-D was shown to be Supreme and the only Creator in and of Creation .It was the 'Bo,' - ' Coming,' of G-D .
We all await the Final Redemption when HaShem Will show His Shechinah to the World and this World will shine anew. May the time come now that all idolatry and false beliefs be removed from existence so the long awaited 'Bo,' - 'Coming,' of HaShem can shine sweetly in our day and fill this World with the ever sweet and beautiful Light of HaShem .
With love, I wish HaShem with love , a beautiful sweet and ever precious Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden, a beautiful and sweet precious Shabbos with love .
How interesting that HaShem tells Moshe to 'Bo' - 'Come' to Par'o and not to 'Lech' - 'Go' to Par'o which would have been the usual construct of. Such a Command.Why 'Bo'- 'Come?' And not 'Lech' - 'Go?'
Going to a person suggests more of a strict purpose,whereas 'coming' to a person suggests more of a heart felt plea to try and change that person's ways.
Here,Moshe had to keep approaching Par'o to try reach him. We learn from this that we are to 'Bo,' - 'Come' to others to lead them to the light of HaShem .G-D didn't need Par'o to agree so that G-D could let the Children of Israel go. G-D is All Powerful and did it anyway.So why the need to plead with Par'o to relent? HaShem is most merciful and always hopes that people will change on their own and 'Bo' - 'Come' to Him of their own free will without prodding or force, as being with HaShem is certainly for a person's own good . HaShem constantly 'Bo,' - 'Comes' to His Creation in so many ways , hoping that His Creation will finally want to 'Bo,' - 'Come' close to Him of its own, out of love for HaShem . HaShem gives His Creation so many opportunities to change and be G-D fearing and follow His Laws and G-D waits so long just for the glimmer of hope that His Creation will open up its eyes and realize He is the truth all along .
So day after day,hour after hour,minute after minute and second after second, G-D continues to give us among the rest of His Creation , the breath of life and hopes for our benefit , that we will 'Bo' - 'Come' to Him .He puts us in this World of physicality and wants us to make the place a place that He can dwell among us, by making it holy .
HaShem Comes to us all the time,in the sweet smelling breeze of a soft wind that encircles us so softly in love,in the fresh sweet fragrance of a flower in bloom,in the warmth every day of the Sun's rays and in the caring provision of our needs to survive . We just need to look and see how often HaShem 'Bo,' - 'Comes' to us for He never leaves our side.
Why so often do we leave His? How sad,that He wants closeness with us but we get too busy to realize that He is there giving us that very breath that we use to keep busy. He is all around us, constantly coming to us out of Love (for The Creator loves His Creation) and hopes we just respond by turning around from our day and 'Bo' - 'Coming,' to Him.
So many opportunities does HaShem give us to do the right thing.So many opportunities did HaShem give Par'o,in sending Moshe to warn Par'o of the coming plague,showing that HaShem's Warning gives Par'o an opportunity to change hoping that he will, but Par'o closed himself more,the more he denied the truth of what he already could see, that HASHEM Is G-D .
HaShem gives us so many opportunities for change if we only open up our eyes and look . He Is G-D .
There is always a way back to G-D no matter how far one thinks one has gone. G-D is always as close as a prayer .There are always new opportunities to change . Like the Rosh Chodesh , a New Moon when the Moon starts to show itself in the sky from apparent hiding,so can we start anew and let ourselves shine out with the Light of G-D .
So no matter how far one thinks one has gone,one can always do Teshuvah and return to HaShem.One can always 'Bo,' - 'Come,' back to G-D .
HaShem put us in this World so we can 'Bo,' - 'Come,' to others and lead others to the Light of G-D so that others might 'Bo' - 'Come' to G-D and His Light .It was on the Hebrew month of Nissan that G-D redeemed us from Egyptian Bondage and so,called this ,the beginning of the months , even though the World was Created by G-D on Tishrei , for it was on this Month that we were freed from the Egyptians and became a people unto G-D . It was on this special Month that HaShem took us out of Egypt to be a people special unto Him .It was on this month that we showed our enemies that their false deities were nothing but a lamb and that G-D is the One and Only True G-D Who Makes all things .
It was in this month that all saw that the Children of Israel were G-D's people and that they would carry HaShem's Law as a Light to lead all people, to 'Bo,' - 'Come,' to HaShem .This month was of sweet value as the month of Tishrei,when Creation came into being.This was called the beginning of the months , Nissan, for G-D was shown to be Supreme and the only Creator in and of Creation .It was the 'Bo,' - ' Coming,' of G-D .
We all await the Final Redemption when HaShem Will show His Shechinah to the World and this World will shine anew. May the time come now that all idolatry and false beliefs be removed from existence so the long awaited 'Bo,' - 'Coming,' of HaShem can shine sweetly in our day and fill this World with the ever sweet and beautiful Light of HaShem .
With love, I wish HaShem with love , a beautiful sweet and ever precious Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden, a beautiful and sweet precious Shabbos with love .
Friday, 8 January 2016
Parashas Va'Eira
Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Va'Eira where HaShem tells Moshe that He will take out the Children Of Israel from Egyptian slavery with His Wonders.
HaShem tells Moshe that He 'VaEirah' - 'Appeared' to our forefathers as 'El Shaddai,' and now,will appear as HaShem,in mercy. Before this moment,HaShem kept Himself rather hidden in Creation and put set limits on what He reveals.Thus was HaShem's Name called 'El Shaddai,' for 'Dai' means 'sufficient,or limits,' as our Rabbis say .Now,HaShem will go beyond the natural order of Creation in the plagues He will set upon the Egyptians,in mercy for His people Israel.
Either way ,whether via open miracles or by the natural order of life,HaShem is revealing Himself . It is just dependant on how deep we look at what is really around us and within all things.Whether HaShem does miracles that change the natural order,or whether HaShem continues in the natural order,both are a miracle and a revealing,of His Almightiness . It is just how deep we look,that shows HaShem revealing Himself at all times and in all,He Makes.
Everything that HaShem Makes,HaShem needs to constantly give it energy to exist.The energy runs through Creation and is never ending for it comes from G-D .Thus G-D gives constantly , to all things that exist.If HaShem would stop thinking for even a moment,all things would cease to exist.Thus all things contain the spark of HaShem .In all things in this physical World,it is left up to us to release that Holiness into Creation by taking all things physical and releasing their spirituality so that it can rise to HaShem .In so doing, we reveal that part of HaShem in Creation .In so doing,HaShem appears to us in everything that is.
Within the word 'Va'Eirah,' is the word 'Ohr' which means 'Light' for HaShem reveals His Light within all things if only we would look close enough ,for within all things is HaShem's Light . Our Rabbis taught us of the Blessings-Brochas we are to say for all things we partake of and when we do say a Brocha, we release that spiritual Holiness within that physical thing,so that it can return to HaShem and also,a Brocha allows us to partake of that which belongs to HaShem and make it ours to use,for all things belong to G-D .Within our Brochas is the word 'Borei,' which is like the word 'Barah' - which means 'Create,' for when we Bless things,we release that physicality's spirituality that was waiting since Creation to return to HaShem , as HaShem Created all things at the Beginning .We thus reveal the Holiness of HaShem in each physical thing.
HaShem wants to 'Appear' to us and be at one with us,but we are not on a level to do this yet.This was HaShem's original plan,to walk with us in Gan Eiden,but we changed that and we are here to fix it.
In the Parsha that we read this week,HaShem was now ready to reveal Himself to us and the Egyptians,in the plagues that HaShem put on Egypt. HaShem Is the Only True G-D and Egypt was now to learn that.They were offered an opportunity to be good to our Jewish people,the people of Joseph,who saved them in their years of famine,but sadly,the Egyptians turned on us as so many have.HaShem as always,came to our rescue and 'Va'Eirah,' - ' Appeared' in mercy through His miracles and punishing the Egyptians for their ill treatment of us.
We,each one of us ,await the final redemption to come where HaShem will 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear,'in closer sweetness at The End Of Days, but we need to first turn to Him in Love,Faithfulness and Repentance,ensuring that we show HaShem we are ready to do it His Way,not our own.
When HaShem reveals Himself to us,it is a reminder of Creation and HaShem's first revealing,in the way He Created this World with 10 pronouncements and His Appearing to us on Har Sinai with the Ten Commandments ,for the word 'Va'Eirah,' in Gematriah comes to 6+1+200+1=208 and 2+0+8=10. When HaShem made Creation,HaShem revealed Himself by the Creation He made,for there was then,Creation that could receive from Him and acknowledge Him.When we obey HaShem and do what He asks,we show that we follow His Word that goes right back to His first pronouncement of 'Let there be Light,' which releases a spark of His Holiness every Command of His that we obey and thus it allows that part of Him to 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear,' in Creation.
If we can release enough sparks of His Light,Creation can finally reach one of its goals,in revealing a part of HaShem in Physicality , by making the physical, at peace and one , with Spirituality.
One step at a time,we just need to follow what HaShem tells us to follow , through His Holy Torah so that all levels of Creation can become One with HaShem.
HaShem is always around us.It is us who can't perceive such Holiness.HaShem has done so much for us,saving us from the Egyptians and from our enemies that sought to hurt us through time.If only,we would all follow HaShem whole-heartedly according to His Commandments in His Torah,then we could perceive to a greater clarity, What Is and Has Always been right in front of us all the time, HaShem's Sweet Shechinah ,just waiting to 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear ,' to us since the Beginning of time.
HaShem wants to 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear,' to us .It is up to us to make ourselves ready for Him by doing all He asks and loving Him more than all things and more than our own wishes and likes.
Let us ,from this moment on , show HaShem we love Him too and let us from this moment on show Him that we want to be close to Him too , by doing all He asks ,so that Creation can reach its fulfilment in this World and be the Revelation of the 'Va'Eirah,' - 'Appearance,' of G-D that it is intended to be.Let us all work to make Creation the intended Revelation and Appearance of G-D .
With deep love to HaShem , I wish HaShem a Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all my fellow Yidden, a Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with love.
HaShem tells Moshe that He 'VaEirah' - 'Appeared' to our forefathers as 'El Shaddai,' and now,will appear as HaShem,in mercy. Before this moment,HaShem kept Himself rather hidden in Creation and put set limits on what He reveals.Thus was HaShem's Name called 'El Shaddai,' for 'Dai' means 'sufficient,or limits,' as our Rabbis say .Now,HaShem will go beyond the natural order of Creation in the plagues He will set upon the Egyptians,in mercy for His people Israel.
Either way ,whether via open miracles or by the natural order of life,HaShem is revealing Himself . It is just dependant on how deep we look at what is really around us and within all things.Whether HaShem does miracles that change the natural order,or whether HaShem continues in the natural order,both are a miracle and a revealing,of His Almightiness . It is just how deep we look,that shows HaShem revealing Himself at all times and in all,He Makes.
Everything that HaShem Makes,HaShem needs to constantly give it energy to exist.The energy runs through Creation and is never ending for it comes from G-D .Thus G-D gives constantly , to all things that exist.If HaShem would stop thinking for even a moment,all things would cease to exist.Thus all things contain the spark of HaShem .In all things in this physical World,it is left up to us to release that Holiness into Creation by taking all things physical and releasing their spirituality so that it can rise to HaShem .In so doing, we reveal that part of HaShem in Creation .In so doing,HaShem appears to us in everything that is.
Within the word 'Va'Eirah,' is the word 'Ohr' which means 'Light' for HaShem reveals His Light within all things if only we would look close enough ,for within all things is HaShem's Light . Our Rabbis taught us of the Blessings-Brochas we are to say for all things we partake of and when we do say a Brocha, we release that spiritual Holiness within that physical thing,so that it can return to HaShem and also,a Brocha allows us to partake of that which belongs to HaShem and make it ours to use,for all things belong to G-D .Within our Brochas is the word 'Borei,' which is like the word 'Barah' - which means 'Create,' for when we Bless things,we release that physicality's spirituality that was waiting since Creation to return to HaShem , as HaShem Created all things at the Beginning .We thus reveal the Holiness of HaShem in each physical thing.
HaShem wants to 'Appear' to us and be at one with us,but we are not on a level to do this yet.This was HaShem's original plan,to walk with us in Gan Eiden,but we changed that and we are here to fix it.
In the Parsha that we read this week,HaShem was now ready to reveal Himself to us and the Egyptians,in the plagues that HaShem put on Egypt. HaShem Is the Only True G-D and Egypt was now to learn that.They were offered an opportunity to be good to our Jewish people,the people of Joseph,who saved them in their years of famine,but sadly,the Egyptians turned on us as so many have.HaShem as always,came to our rescue and 'Va'Eirah,' - ' Appeared' in mercy through His miracles and punishing the Egyptians for their ill treatment of us.
We,each one of us ,await the final redemption to come where HaShem will 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear,'in closer sweetness at The End Of Days, but we need to first turn to Him in Love,Faithfulness and Repentance,ensuring that we show HaShem we are ready to do it His Way,not our own.
When HaShem reveals Himself to us,it is a reminder of Creation and HaShem's first revealing,in the way He Created this World with 10 pronouncements and His Appearing to us on Har Sinai with the Ten Commandments ,for the word 'Va'Eirah,' in Gematriah comes to 6+1+200+1=208 and 2+0+8=10. When HaShem made Creation,HaShem revealed Himself by the Creation He made,for there was then,Creation that could receive from Him and acknowledge Him.When we obey HaShem and do what He asks,we show that we follow His Word that goes right back to His first pronouncement of 'Let there be Light,' which releases a spark of His Holiness every Command of His that we obey and thus it allows that part of Him to 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear,' in Creation.
If we can release enough sparks of His Light,Creation can finally reach one of its goals,in revealing a part of HaShem in Physicality , by making the physical, at peace and one , with Spirituality.
One step at a time,we just need to follow what HaShem tells us to follow , through His Holy Torah so that all levels of Creation can become One with HaShem.
HaShem is always around us.It is us who can't perceive such Holiness.HaShem has done so much for us,saving us from the Egyptians and from our enemies that sought to hurt us through time.If only,we would all follow HaShem whole-heartedly according to His Commandments in His Torah,then we could perceive to a greater clarity, What Is and Has Always been right in front of us all the time, HaShem's Sweet Shechinah ,just waiting to 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear ,' to us since the Beginning of time.
HaShem wants to 'Va'Eirah,'-'Appear,' to us .It is up to us to make ourselves ready for Him by doing all He asks and loving Him more than all things and more than our own wishes and likes.
Let us ,from this moment on , show HaShem we love Him too and let us from this moment on show Him that we want to be close to Him too , by doing all He asks ,so that Creation can reach its fulfilment in this World and be the Revelation of the 'Va'Eirah,' - 'Appearance,' of G-D that it is intended to be.Let us all work to make Creation the intended Revelation and Appearance of G-D .
With deep love to HaShem , I wish HaShem a Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all my fellow Yidden, a Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with love.
Friday, 1 January 2016
Parashas Shemos
Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Shemos.
It is in this Parsha in the Second Book of the Torah that Moshe brought down to us from HaShem,that we are introduced to our beloved Moshe who HaShem appointed to lead us out of Egypt and into Canaan The Holy Land .The Five Books of Moses are so named as it was our beloved Moses who brought to us the words of G-D . Moshe had 10 names.He was born with the name Yekutiel but the name Moshe,that Basya the daughter of Par'o (Pharoah) who drew him out of the water,gave him, was the name that HaShem chose to remain as the name he would be called.Basya was in the process of following a Jewish path and converted to Judaism and so,received the name 'Basya,' which means 'daughter of G-D,' for she saved Moshe,who was close to G-D's heart and a precious child of HaShem's Creation.
Names are so important, as within each of our names,are our destiny.Names we receive are not just Earthly but hold within them,a spiritual pathway that HaShem wants us to travel on.With Moshe,whose name means to 'Draw Out,' we see the same idea , where Moshe who was 'drawn out of the water,' ended up drawing out his people from Egyptian slavery and leading them to the Holy Land.Names are so important.
The second book of the Torah starts out with the Hebrew words 'Ve-Eileh Shemos B'nei Yisrael Ha'Ba'im Mitzraima Eit Yaakov Ish Uveito Ba'u,' - 'And these are the names of the Children of Israel who were coming to Egypt,with Jacob,each man and his household came.'The names of the tribes are then mentioned and then the Torah goes straight into the happening of how we Jews became slaves.
Why the need to mention that 'these are the names ,' followed by only the names of the tribal leaders and then go straight into the hardship we suffered?
The answer to this is that the Children of Israel that were now living among the Egyptians started to take on their pagan ways and if not follow them, then acknowledge their pagan rituals.The only thing they kept was their 'Shemos,' their 'Jewish Hebrew Names.' For that alone,we deserved to be saved from the slavery we were subjected to. This is the story of the Jew for centuries.When we start to lessen on our Yiddishkeit and Torah and start to make our own belief less strict and go toward the beliefs of that which HaShem did not Command,we put ourselves in the postion to be reminded, by hardships.The same happened in Shushan in the sad events of Purim where Esther and Mordechai had to remind us who we were and not to follow the beliefs of others.The same goes for Israel as a country.This is not a secular country like others,living secular lives with some who don't go according to Torah.This is to be a land where HaShem Wishes to dwell close and this can only happen when Torah is kept there.This can only happen when we keep this land as HaShem instructed us to and not bring into it ,that which HaShem Commands is wrong.This is the same as our people who need to stick fast and hard to Torah Yiddishkeit and shun all things pagan and wrong ,by HaShem.We are not to follow the ways of any form of paganism,no matter how coated it may look.This is what happened in Egypt.The Children of Israel were attracted to foreign ways and so,we went into 'a very harsh' slavery.Though the slavery was ordained long before,the extremes of it were dictated by the actions of our people,acknowledging pagan ways.
Our saving Mitzvah was the fact that we kept to our Jewish Hebrew names 'Shemos,' and did not take on the names of pagan Egypt.This was one of the things that made us worthy for saving from Miztrayim,a place of pagan borders.
It also took a man like Moshe who stood up for who he was and saved Dasan when an Egyptian was beating him over an issue of his wife Shelomis.Moshe ,who also became a prince of Egypt,made sure that our people the Children of Israel would get one day in seven to rest from our burdens ,the day of the Sabbath. Moshe never just sat down and remained a prince of Egypt,but stood up for who he was and went down to the brickpits to help his fellow Jews.
This is how the Jew must be.
Though the Jews find themselves in lands that are not Israel,we are to show our faithfulness to G-D as did Yosef's sons Ephraim and Menasseh, through whom we bless our children on Shabbos to this very day, to keep to the Torah of our forefathers faithfully for G-D , even in exile.
This is what it means to be a Jew.To be a light to the nations in teaching the nations the true path of HaShem and His Oneness.This is the Name we as Jews are to carry,to keep to our Holy Torah Laws and Ways and to turn away from all things pagan.There is One True Torah and One True Tanach and only This is to be followed . Only This One Tanach from the One and Holy HaShem is to be followed.
HaShem redeemed us from slavery,but the ones who had strongly gone to foreign ways,never left Egypt,but died in the plague. HaShem sent 10 plagues on Egypt , a nation that never kept to the tenets of G-D and the Ten Commandments that were given at Mount Sinai after we were freed, stand as a testimony to all nations that G-D is One and in His World,only He must be followed His Way Only.Only G-D knows what this World needs to get to where it needs to go and may the time come that all people put their wants and needs aside and follow G-D Only.
Let us all make a Holy 'Shemos' - 'Name ' for this World by carrying HaShem's Name within us and promoting His Name and His Cause and His Laws for all to follow .
Let this World carry HaShem's Holy Name and shine out to Heaven so that Heaven and Earth can be one with Creation being permeated with the 'Shemos' - 'Name' of HaShem .
With deep love to HaShem ,I wish You HaShem ,a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden,a. Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love
It is in this Parsha in the Second Book of the Torah that Moshe brought down to us from HaShem,that we are introduced to our beloved Moshe who HaShem appointed to lead us out of Egypt and into Canaan The Holy Land .The Five Books of Moses are so named as it was our beloved Moses who brought to us the words of G-D . Moshe had 10 names.He was born with the name Yekutiel but the name Moshe,that Basya the daughter of Par'o (Pharoah) who drew him out of the water,gave him, was the name that HaShem chose to remain as the name he would be called.Basya was in the process of following a Jewish path and converted to Judaism and so,received the name 'Basya,' which means 'daughter of G-D,' for she saved Moshe,who was close to G-D's heart and a precious child of HaShem's Creation.
Names are so important, as within each of our names,are our destiny.Names we receive are not just Earthly but hold within them,a spiritual pathway that HaShem wants us to travel on.With Moshe,whose name means to 'Draw Out,' we see the same idea , where Moshe who was 'drawn out of the water,' ended up drawing out his people from Egyptian slavery and leading them to the Holy Land.Names are so important.
The second book of the Torah starts out with the Hebrew words 'Ve-Eileh Shemos B'nei Yisrael Ha'Ba'im Mitzraima Eit Yaakov Ish Uveito Ba'u,' - 'And these are the names of the Children of Israel who were coming to Egypt,with Jacob,each man and his household came.'The names of the tribes are then mentioned and then the Torah goes straight into the happening of how we Jews became slaves.
Why the need to mention that 'these are the names ,' followed by only the names of the tribal leaders and then go straight into the hardship we suffered?
The answer to this is that the Children of Israel that were now living among the Egyptians started to take on their pagan ways and if not follow them, then acknowledge their pagan rituals.The only thing they kept was their 'Shemos,' their 'Jewish Hebrew Names.' For that alone,we deserved to be saved from the slavery we were subjected to. This is the story of the Jew for centuries.When we start to lessen on our Yiddishkeit and Torah and start to make our own belief less strict and go toward the beliefs of that which HaShem did not Command,we put ourselves in the postion to be reminded, by hardships.The same happened in Shushan in the sad events of Purim where Esther and Mordechai had to remind us who we were and not to follow the beliefs of others.The same goes for Israel as a country.This is not a secular country like others,living secular lives with some who don't go according to Torah.This is to be a land where HaShem Wishes to dwell close and this can only happen when Torah is kept there.This can only happen when we keep this land as HaShem instructed us to and not bring into it ,that which HaShem Commands is wrong.This is the same as our people who need to stick fast and hard to Torah Yiddishkeit and shun all things pagan and wrong ,by HaShem.We are not to follow the ways of any form of paganism,no matter how coated it may look.This is what happened in Egypt.The Children of Israel were attracted to foreign ways and so,we went into 'a very harsh' slavery.Though the slavery was ordained long before,the extremes of it were dictated by the actions of our people,acknowledging pagan ways.
Our saving Mitzvah was the fact that we kept to our Jewish Hebrew names 'Shemos,' and did not take on the names of pagan Egypt.This was one of the things that made us worthy for saving from Miztrayim,a place of pagan borders.
It also took a man like Moshe who stood up for who he was and saved Dasan when an Egyptian was beating him over an issue of his wife Shelomis.Moshe ,who also became a prince of Egypt,made sure that our people the Children of Israel would get one day in seven to rest from our burdens ,the day of the Sabbath. Moshe never just sat down and remained a prince of Egypt,but stood up for who he was and went down to the brickpits to help his fellow Jews.
This is how the Jew must be.
Though the Jews find themselves in lands that are not Israel,we are to show our faithfulness to G-D as did Yosef's sons Ephraim and Menasseh, through whom we bless our children on Shabbos to this very day, to keep to the Torah of our forefathers faithfully for G-D , even in exile.
This is what it means to be a Jew.To be a light to the nations in teaching the nations the true path of HaShem and His Oneness.This is the Name we as Jews are to carry,to keep to our Holy Torah Laws and Ways and to turn away from all things pagan.There is One True Torah and One True Tanach and only This is to be followed . Only This One Tanach from the One and Holy HaShem is to be followed.
HaShem redeemed us from slavery,but the ones who had strongly gone to foreign ways,never left Egypt,but died in the plague. HaShem sent 10 plagues on Egypt , a nation that never kept to the tenets of G-D and the Ten Commandments that were given at Mount Sinai after we were freed, stand as a testimony to all nations that G-D is One and in His World,only He must be followed His Way Only.Only G-D knows what this World needs to get to where it needs to go and may the time come that all people put their wants and needs aside and follow G-D Only.
Let us all make a Holy 'Shemos' - 'Name ' for this World by carrying HaShem's Name within us and promoting His Name and His Cause and His Laws for all to follow .
Let this World carry HaShem's Holy Name and shine out to Heaven so that Heaven and Earth can be one with Creation being permeated with the 'Shemos' - 'Name' of HaShem .
With deep love to HaShem ,I wish You HaShem ,a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden,a. Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love
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