Friday, 21 September 2018

Parashas Haazinu

Our Parsha this Shabbos just before Succos, is Parashas Haazinu.
In the last Parsha, we discussed how HaShem prophetically would give Moshe this Song that comes in this Parsha, to stand as a testimony with the Witnesses being Heaven and Earth,that outlive humans, that could stand as a witness that HaShem Warned us we will go against His Wishes and so , will face punishment to bring us back to the right path . In this Parsha, Moshe presents this Song on his last day before returning to HaShem. HaShem uses Heaven and Earth as witnesses to His Word , and as Jewish Law states, when a witness observes a perpetrator commit an aveirah, it is the witness first , whose hand responds in punishment. So Heaven and Earth , in punishment would both withhold what HaShem Created them to give man, Heaven would withhold its rain and Earth its produce as Rashi and Ibn Ezra states.
The Parsha, as I mentioned is called " Haazinu." The word "Ozen" within the word "Haazinu," means ' Ear ,' and a single 'ear' is referred to for the Heavens, yet the word "Haazinu" ends with a "Nu," sound which suggests the word " Our," as a plural,thus , The Heavens which are "Seven" levels , as a plural , are to act with the Earth as a ' singular - unity ' together , working together to ensure a common togetherness in intention in following HaShem . So is this a lesson to us . If we all work together as one, to fulfill the Unity wish of our One and Only Creator HaShem , so will we "Haazinu" - "Hear" our final destiny , in coming close to HaShem . This common unity of the Heaven and Earth working together , is reiterated , in the 'Ozen ' - ' Ear ,' of the Heavens , hearing what the " Peh " - " Mouth " of the Earth Speaks . Thus when we speak at one with what HaShem in Heaven Wants to Hear , we will accomplish our Holy Goals in Coming to HaShem .
Just like Heaven and Earth remain, so will Moshe's words remain , and ' drop like rain, ' that waters our soul and ' flow like dew ' that nourishes our Neshoma . Moshe's words will always be there , as Moshe watches over us from Shamaim Heaven . So beautiful is Haazinu, the Song of Moshe Rabbeinu from Hashem .
Our Midrash in the Midrash Says by Rabbi Moshe Weissman , tells us that there are to be Ten Holy Shiros - Songs , and this Song of Moses, is the fourth. Our Midrash tells us that the first Song, was by Adam HaRishon , who made his first Shira in the Garden of Eden Gan Eiden , which was the Psalm we now say on the Holy Shabbos " Mizmor Shir Leyom Ha Shabbos ," - " A Song , a Poem for the Shabbos Day ." In this Psalm , Adam praises the Holy Sabbath of Beloved HaShem . Adam was chased out of the Garden with Chava, two hours before the Shabbos , and realized the Holiness that Shabbos would have been had he stayed in Gan Eiden, once he was out of the Garden . The Light of this Shabbos , sweetened and lightened his feelings of upset for where he found himself now , out of the Garden , and he feared that as Shabbos would end ( where he was out of the Garden ) , he feared the Light would go , seeing that he was no longer in Gan Eiden, where he wrote this Shira . So after Shabbos came to a close outside the Garden , where it would have been Eternal , inside Gan Eiden , he feared the Light going and to comfort him , HaShem taught him to make fire and so , Adam did the first Havdalah , that we do at the end of every Shabbos .
The Second Shira was by Moshe and the Children of Israel , at the Yam Suf , after HaShem Had Miraculously caused the Waters to Split and we walked through on dry land and were saved by HaShem from Par'o and his army and charioteers . 
The Third Shira was done by Bnei Yisrael for the Well of Miriam in the Book of Bamidbar in Parashas Chukas .
The Fourth Shira is this Parsha and Moshe Rabbeinu's Shira of Haazinu .
The Fifth Shira was sang by Yehoshua, when he fought the Emorites at Giv'on , when HaShem performed a Miracle and the Sun , by HaShem's Love , halted its course in the Sky so we and our army could win .
The Sixth Shira was written by Devorah and Barak when HaShem Gave their enemies into their hands with Sisera , who was the general of the K'na'anim ( the Canaanites ) . This is found in Judges Shoftim 5 , which is the Haftorah for Parashas Beshalach ( the Parsha of HaShem's Miracle of the Splitting of the Sea ) . 
The Seventh Shira , was the praise of Chana , who bore Shmuel , after she was childless for so long , and so she thanked and praised HaShem in this song in the Book of Shmuel 2 . The Eighth Shira is our Haftorah for this Parsha of Haazinu , in II Shmuel 22: 1-41 , where Dovid Ha Melech composed this Shira Song near the end of his life to thank HaShem for Saving him from all his enemies .
The Ninth Shira , was the beautiful beloved Shir Ha Shirim the Song of Songs written by Shlomo Ha Melech , who showed with such beauty in this song, the love for HaShem .
The Tenth Shir is still yet to come , for this Shir will be sung by the Jewish People , when HaShem Saves us and Redeems us from this present Galus Exile . This is told to us in the Book of Yeshayahu 26:1 that it will be sung then , for it says ," On that day shall this Shir be sung in the land of Yehudah ." After this Shir , the Tenth one , Israel will live forever in safety in the New Age . May this come soon in our days .
HaShem Called the Song of Moshe "Haazinu ," - "Give Ear." HaShem Speaks all the time to us . Sadly , we take no notice . We need to " Haazinu ," - " Give Ear " with all we have , to truly listen out to What HaShem is Saying. HaShem Speaks To us with such Abundant Holiness from " Shamaim " - " Heaven " thus it is to Heaven we need to " Haazinu ," - " Give Ear ," for when we truly ' Haazinu" - " Give Ear ," the Earth will hear the Words of HaShem's ' Mouth ," and listen , and then , the true sweetness of Heaven will drop like rain and HaShem's Utterance , revive us like the dew . " 
How beautiful is HaShem's Words , if we truly ' Haazinu ," - " Give Ear ." 
HaShem's Words as Moshe tells us at the end of this Parsha , are truly ' our life ' and through ' this matter ,' shall prolong our days on the land that HaShem Is Taking us over the Jordan to possess.
After HaShem Had Moshe teach B'nei Yisrael the Song of Haazinu , HaShem had Moshe ascend this Mount of Avarim Mount Nevo , to see the land that Israel would inherit.
Our Midrash and Rokeach tells us that in the time of Mashiach , Moshe would rise and bring the Generation of the Wilderness into Eretz Yisroel . In the time of Mashiach , we are told of Techias Ha Meisim , the Resurrection of the Dead , and our Rabbis tell us of the very power of HaShem's Dew, that will rise and help bring life again . So at the mention of Rain and Dew, at the beginning of this Parsha of Haazinu , the deep sweet meaning shows , how HaShem's Words of Torah and Words of Love , are Rain and Dew , that revive the Soul to life . HaShem is the only Eternity . HaShem is The Only G-D and Creator . It is only to HaShem , we must " Haazinu " - " Give Ear ." For HaShem's Shir - Song , Brings reviving Life to Creation and when HaShem's Words of Shira Emanate to Creation, then Creation Lives anew . May we all be worthy to " Haazinu ," - " Give Ear ," to HaShem's Shir of Love , His Holy Torah , for all Creation , is in His Holy Torah , His Holy Torah , is HaShem's Path of Love for us , to come home to Him .
We are about to celebrate HaShem's Holy Yom Tov of Succos , the Festival of the Ingathering. HaShem in the Wilderness,Surrounded us with his Holy Clouds of Glory , where we completely relied on HaShem Watching over us , in total faith . Such is the Festival of Succos, where we dwell in the Sukkah , putting ourselves totally in the trust of HaShem , in our temporary dwelling that we make , as we use the Arba Minim, the Four Species , representing different parts of Israel , coming together as one . The Festival of Succos, is the Festival of the Ingathering , where we gather in our produce of the field . It is a time to put ourselves in total trust of our Creator , Who Sees to all our needs and it is a time to gather in all our faculties in the service of HaShem . It is put just after the New Year , in order for HaShem To Give us another oppportunity , to make right , our wrongs that we may not have fully corrected and to make a sweet new change to the New Year . Thus it is also an ingathering of the opportunity to completely fix that which we have not yet done and so , bask in the Sweet and Full Light of HaShem . It is like a return to Gan Eiden , the place of the first Shir of Adam Ha Rishon . So , at the beginning of this year , may our Festival of Succos , take us back in perfect repentance to HaShem in Gan Eiden , where we can finally sing the Tenth and Final Shir to HaShem , The Shir of Olam Ha Ba , The World to Come , in Mashiach's Time .
May the time come in our Days , where we can sit in the Basking Love and Light of The Beautiful Warmth and Love of HaShem . 
I wish HaShem With Love , a Beautiful Sweet Shabbos Kodesh and Chag Succot Sameach Good Yom Tov with Love and to all my fellow Yidden , a Blessed Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love and Chag Succot Sameach Good Yom Tov with love .

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