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 .
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