מוקדש לרפואה שלימה לרב יוסף יצחק בן רבקה ולחיה צביה בת שאשא רייזל יוכבד
Dedicated to the complete recovery of Rabbi Yosef Yitschak ben Rivka and Chaya Tsivya bat Shasha Reizel Yocheved
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The teacher asked each child to say something that they learned from their parents. A child said that his father always declares that “It’s better to give than to receive”. The teacher agreed that it was very important and asked: “What job does your father do?”. The child answered: “Boxer”.
In this week’s Parasha Shemot, the Jews are in Egypt and working very hard. Moses, who was growing up in the house of Pharaoh’s daughter, discovered he was Jewish. He goes to find out what is happening with his Jewish brothers, the slaves, and sees two Jews fighting. One raised his hand to hit the other, but Moses stopped him and said: “Rasha (evil one), why hit your friend?”
Note that the Jew had not yet hit his friend. He had just raised his hand. But that was enough for Moses to call him “Rasha”. Why?
Every organ of our body was created for a specific purpose. To fulfill G-d’s will in this world, through the Torah and Mitzvot. The specific role of the hand is to give, help and provide.
When the Jew raised his hand to hit his friend, even though he had not hit him yet, he had already done something very serious. He had used his hand for the opposite purpose than the one intended by G-d. He was already considered a Rasha.
Last week, we were with my school in Chevron, where most of our forefathers and mothers are buried. It was very nice, and I prayed there for all our community.
Our forefathers and mothers did everything according to G-d’s will. For us, to always do the right thing may be difficult, but we can adopt this line of thought and ask ourselves before acting: “Is this action in line with God’s will or not? Is this the reason why this organ of my body was created?”
Let’s utilize all the organs of our body for a good purpose. Thus, we will bring Mashiach very soon!
Shabbat Shalom,
Hanna