Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Parashas Haazinu just after Rosh Ha Shanah

Our Parsha this Shabbos just after Rosh HaShanah , is Parashas Haazinu.
In this Parsha, Moshe, on his last day composes a Song , a Shira.This is one of the Ten Shiros - Prophetic Songs that feature in the span of the Jewish people.
The Midrash tells us of the Ten Songs that get composed.
The First Shira - Song was composed by the first man Adam in Gan Eiden when he composed 'Mizmor Shir Leyom Ha Shabbos - A Song A Poem For The Sabbath Day,' where Adam praises HaShem and HaShem's Holy Sabbath.
The Second Shira was sung by Moshe and Bnai Yisrael at the Yam Suf,The Reed Sea or as we commonly know it as , the Red Sea,where Shira were sung at our miraculous delivery from Par'o and his army.We read this portion and Song in our morning Shacharis Service every day and so , remember how HaShem took us out of Mitzrayim and saved us . It is a Torah Commandment to remember every day all the time ,how HaShem took us out of Egypt .
The Third Shira was sung by Bnai Yisrael when they offered praise for the Well of Miriam,in Parashas Chukas.
The Fourth Shira was this one which we read of in this week's Parsha of Haazinu,which Moshe teaches to the people on his last day before he returns to HaShem.
The Fifth Shira was sung by Yehoshuah - Joshua when he fought the Emorites at Givon when he was granted the miracle for the Sun standing still in the sky so the Jewish Army could conquer their adversary during daylight.
The Sixth Shira was composed by Devorah and Barak when HaShem delivered our enemy into their hands and the Canaanite General Sisera was killed .This is to be found in the Book of Shoftim (Judges) 5 .
The Seventh Shira was composed by Chanah,when she bore Shmuel after being childless for so many years, so she praised HaShem in her prophetic song in the Book of Shmuel 2 .
The Eighth Shira was composed by Dovid Ha Melech as he neared the end of his life, so as to thank HaShem for Saving him from his enemies all the years and this Shira is to be found in II Shmuel 22.
The Ninth Shira was written by Shlomo Ha Melech when he composed Shir Ha Shirim .
The Tenth and final Shir, is one that will come in the future and will be sung by the Jewish people, when HaShem Will Redeem us from this present Galus - Exile as Targum Yonasan informs us .
The Midrash tells us that the first Nine Shiros are all called Shira, in the feminine form, unlike the Tenth one that is called Shir , in the masculine gender, for we are told of it in Yeshayahu 26:1 , which writes 'On that day shall this Shir be sung in the land of Yehudah.'This Tenth Shir will be the end of our Galus - Exile and will be followed by The End of Days , where there will be no sickness or hardship or suffering, but only peace and love and closeness with HaShem. 
In the previous Parsha, Moshe announced this song of Haazinu and in this Parsha, his song is presented.
We note that he starts this Shira with the word 'Haazinu,' which calls on 'Shamaim - Heaven ' to Haazinu - 'Give Ear and Listen ' to the words that Moshe will speak.
How interesting that Moshe asks The Heaven to listen to the words that Moshe 'Will' speak, for Moshe will not be here after this day that he gives this song to us. So how can Heaven 'Listen' to the Words that he will speak in the Future?
This is because the words of Moshe carry forever just as the Heavens are above the Earth forever. Moshe's Words from HaShem are right here in the Torah .The Torah Laws are from HaShem . HaShem Wrote the Torah two thousand years before Creation and as our Sages say, HaShem Looked into the Torah , as the foundation of the World , and Created Creation .Thus Torah is Eternal and Moshe was chosen as HaShem's Representative and has so often been called 'The Law Giver,' a title so fitting to Moshe Rabbeinu. The words of Moshe will carry to the End of Time, even beyond his normal lifespan and so , in every word of Torah that he passed on to our people, he is within the Torah and is there teaching us as we learn .
Thus , Moshe calls Ha Shamaim ( The Heaven ) as a witness ,so as to listen to what we will speak and the Earth to hear our words and stand as a witness to the prophetic words Moshe spoke that would come about, which Moshe writes in this Shira.
Moshe asks that his 'teaching drop like rain' and his ' utterance like dew.' What Moshe is saying is that, as Rain drops from on high and as dew seeps within and their result is seen after they have been absorbed into what they fall on, so should we let the Rain of Heaven of HaShem's Sweet Words of Torah come down to us from above and enter into us deeply and seep in and change us from within , like dew.
Thus the Dew and Rain of Torah should quietly become a part of us, and we should carry the Law of
HaShem within us.HaShem Commanded Moshe to come and take His people out of bondage and so, come to follow HaShem and be a light unto the nations. Though there will be trials and tribulations through history for us, as this Prophetic Song of Moshe shows, so does it show that our people will be redeemed and comforted at the end.
HaShem Will Always Be Faithful to His people.
At the end of this Parsha, HaShem calls Moshe up to Har Nevo to see the Land of Canaan with his own eyes,for Moshe saw spiritually more than any man could have seen physically.And so ends our Parsha. 
Moshe calls The Heavens and the Earth to remain as faithful witnesses to his words, for Heaven and Earth were Created at the beginning and were there also to offer the result of us choosing to follow HaShem and go to Shamaim if we listen to HaShem, or to go against HaShem and thus have need for Earthly Learning and lessons.
Moshe, even on his last day just before he is about to leave, still cares for HaShem and His people ,beyond his own needs and so desperately pleads in this Shira that we listen to G-D ,even when Moshe has gone to HaShem and is no longer physically in front of us, as Heaven and Earth still is. How we behave is how Heaven and Earth will respond to us.
This time being also, Rosh Ha Shanah, which was the day Adam was Created, makes us realize, that this is the perfect time for us all to 'Haazinu,' - 'Give Ear and Listen ' to HaShem and what He Wants from us. So many times have we seen the result of not listening to HaShem Chas Ve Shalom .The very fact that we are no longer in Gan Eiden proves what happens when we don't listen.The way to work at getting back in, is to start to 'Haazinu' - ' Give Ear and Listen,' to HaShem's Holy Commands. For as the prophet says about the Torah, ' It is a Tree of Life to those who grasp it.' This is the perfect time on the anniversary of the Creation of Adam, that we stand and 'Haazinu,' - 'Give Ear and Listen to HaShem now and forever , never to stray.
It is at this period of the year that HaShem comes down closer to us to Judge . So may we all from this moment forth and forever more ' Haazinu' - ' Give ear to HaShem's Torah Mitzvos and let HaShem Shower His World with Blessings that abound, with the greatest Blessing being to ' Haazinu,' - ' Give Ear and listen ' to HaShem by being very close to Him, wrapped up in His Warm and Loving Arms.
So may Creation return to HaShem in love and 'Haazinu,' - ' Give Ear and Listen' to Him always with love.
With Love to HaShem , I wish HaShem with Love , a Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with Sweet Love and Shanah Tova and a sweet year filled with our obedience and our faithfulness in HaShem, and to all my fellow Yidden a, beautiful Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with love and a Gut Gebenchte Yor Shanah Tova Kesiva Ve Chasima Tova with love and to all Creation , a beautiful and sweet New Year.

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