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Sunday, October 27, 2024

BEREISHIS

 

The Chanukas HaTorah explains a perplexing Gemara in Rosh Hashana which relates that ביקש קהלת להיות כמשה But Hashem said  כתוב יושר דברי אמת and in the Torah it says  לא יקום  עוד נביא כמשה. 
He expalins that the sofei teivos of the first few words of the Torah spell אמת. However it was unclear to Shlomo if it begins from the ת  of בראשית  or from the א of ברא. The word bereishis could have been chosen by Hashem  over בראשונה  because it ends with a ת and the following 2 words end with א, מ,   - alluding to a mixed up word אמת - if so, then Shlomoh may say that בראשית is not necessarily hinting to anything else. However Hashem told him, YOSHER divrei emes - spell the word emes straight forward from the sofei teivos of the NEXT 3 words. This leaves the out-of-ordinary, specifically chosen word בראשית for a drashah - and that is, bishvil Mosheh who is reffered to as reishis. This informed Shlomoh that the world was created for the great perfection of mankind who was Moshe, and Shlomo can not assume to be his equal.                                  

By leil slichos we mentioned about the Rambam that states that EVERYONE can be a Tzaddik like Moshe. Which means that each person can push himself to the max and fulfill his mission to perfection. I am sure we all were filled with true feelings of Teshuvah and by the end of ne'ilah certainly commitments were made to reach heights we've fallen short of before.  Now the yomim tovim are over and it is the Reishis of the "real world" once again. The אמת of how realistically they can be incorperated in our lives, suddenly hits. The אמת can easily be out of focus and confusing. The "tough" ת shows up right in בראשית and then word אמת is spelled out of order. We have to look at the word - and shabbos bereishis - differently. Bishvil reishis - focus on the goal. The end. The mission that you understood you can fulfill. How can YOU be like Moshe. Then re-focus the implementation of the steps to get there and THEN אמת will appear in the end, in perfect order.

R' Yeruchom explains, עז כנמר be bold as a leopord to undertakea great goal and purpose, but the approach should be  קל כנשר. The ascent to reach that goal step by step should be light.

Let's be real. Take our Yom Kippur dreams, re-focus and make the אמת happen.