Tachas asher lo avadta... Meirov kol. Rashi b'od shehayah lachem kol tov.
What happened to the ROV?
The Meshech chochma splits the passuk to read tachas asher lo avadta es H'. The cause of which was b'simcha... Meirov kol. People got their joy from a lot of material pleasure. Truthfully Hashem wants us to be b'simcha but with the midah of hasameiach b'chelko as the beg. of the parsha says v'samachta bchohatov asher nassan H' l'cha...
We must note the language here used is the same in the discussion of yakov and eisav. Yesh li rov or kol. When one is focused on material they get caught into thinking how much. And usually it is how much of my goal did i reach. - at best, one would say alit of my dreams and wishes. But only someone who recognizes what he has as a gift from Hashem can say yesh li kol.
Perhaps thats pshatt in Rashi. Since people were getting their joy only meirov kol when Truthfully they had KOL TOV!
Now as we come to the year's close though there were great tzaros and we had to feel our brother's pain, we see that when we take stock we have to thank hashem for what He was nosein l'cha ul'beisecha.
Lets finish the year with avodas Hashem b'simcha miKOL Tov!
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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 9/13/2014 11:04:00 PM