Friday, 6 July 2018

Parashas Pinchas

Our Parsha this week is Parashas Pinchas. In last week's Parsha , we talked about the brave and heroic act that Pinchas performed in making peace between HaShem and His People, where he stopped the plague with a heroic act of slaying a leader of Simeon, and the daughter of an idol-worshipper ,who had immorally and with immodestly brought a foreign woman into his tent in the sight of HaShem and Moshe , when some of the people were caught being attached to an idol.
The Haftorah is in 1 Kings 18:46- 19:21 and talks of Eliyahu Ha Navi. Our Rabbis say that Pinchas was the Neshoma of Eliyahu , where Eliyahu is a man of peace that will return to usher in Mashiach and an Eternal era of peace, just as Pinchas brought peace between HaShem and His People Israel.
HaShem knew the people were angry with Pinchas and so HaShem gave him an his offspring,an Eternal Priesthood and HaShem's Protection. HaShem Gives Instructions to harass the Midianites. And the Midrash gives a wonderful account of this battle and how Pinchas was given a position in this fight and how He miraculously lifted up in the air.
After this, HaShem Asked Moshe and Elazar to take a census of the people and miraculously it was almost the same as the one after the Exodus,short only just under 2000.
The Levites too were counted. 
Tzelafchad's holy daughters then approach to ask for their inheritance, seeing as it is usually given to the males, but there were no males in line to inherit and HaShem Orders that in such a case, it can be given to them.
HaShem then shows Moshe the Land of Israel and Moshe requests a worthy successor , which would be Yehoshuah .
The Tamid offerings are then discussed,then the Sabbath Musaf and Rosh Chodesh and then Pesach, Shavuos, Rosh HaShanah,Yom Kippur and Succos and Shemini Atzeres.
Our Parsha deals with one man who bravely stands up for HaShem and what is right.
It only takes one, to save a World. We saw this in Noach's time, where he stood against humanity for HaShem, and was "Righteous in his generation."
Avraham too, stood against his fellow generation, to bring HaShem to the people.
Each one of us, can be that one person that saves our World.Each one of us can stand up for what is right and teach the World around us to follow HaShem. Each one of us can be that one. 
All we need to do is 'Chasah,' - 'Trust HaShem,as Pinchas did. We see this in the mention of Pinchas' name at the beginning of the Parsha.
If we look at the name of Pinchas in this Sedra, we notice that it is spelled with a small Hebrew letter 'Yud,' Our Rabbis say, in reference to the 'Yud' referring to HaShem, they say, it is made smaller in Pinchas' name, because, HaShem was so overwhelmed by Pinchas action, that HaShem figuratively Made Himself Smaller and Humbled Himself , in honor of Pinchas' action of bravery, and also awarded Pinchas with Eternal Peace, as Pinchas' action made peace between HaShem and His People Israel.
I noticed that if one looks at the name of Pinchas, the Yud,' sits in the middle of the letters 'Peh' and 'Nun,' where "Panim refers to The face of HaShem, thus, Pinchas put the Face of HaShem on his own face and HaShem shone through on love. The reason being, that Pinchas showed 'Trust' in HaShem.The word 'Trust,' as I mentioned in Hebrew, is 'Chasah,' which forms the second part of 'Pinchas' Name .
Thus, if we Trust in HaShem, HaShem and represent HaShem and His Laws, HaShem will be at one with us, and a part of His Shechinah will shine through in our faces, if we are a true representative of HaShem.
Each one of us can be that one, that saves humanity.All we need is Trust and Faith. Holy Emunah in HaShem.
With Love to HaShem, I wish HaShem with love, a Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden, a sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love.

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