For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.
Presiden’ts Day.
According to Wikipedia it is celebrated to honor Geroge
Washington’s birthday. What a difference with Am Yisrael and the Torah’s
holidays, lehavdeel (term used to
respect the Torah which cannot even be compared to american holidays).
When an important leader, Rabbi, Tzadik, Gedol HaDor (lehavdeel) passes away the Torah
respects his date of departure to the next world as an important event not his date of birth. The importance
of the Tzadik’s life is his death, or his “transfer date” from Olam Haze to
Olam Haba (this world to the next).
Why do Am Yisrael focus so much on a person’s date of leaving
this world? What’s so special about that date? It should be a time of sadness,
a time of real suffering for the loved one’s and definitely a difficult time
for the Soul of the departed, there is a judgment he/she must face in front of
Hashem’s court of law where nothing
is missed!
Let’s break down what life is all about. We know life is
exactly like having the most delicious ice cream in front of you (that you
never get sick of). You can go all day pulling down the lever and your favorite
flavor just comes down!
However, with listening to the Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination) we have sins that unfortunately
build this horrendous cement wall to block us from enjoying the ice cream. With
every sin we do we actually build this wall higher. From age of 13 where
everything is fully under our responsibility, we take brick by brick from every
sin and create a large wall! This is why many people have such trouble
understanding Holy Concepts of Judaism. They have built for themselves such
thick walls to prevent them from entering the spiritual world of Ice Cream, The
World of Torah. (That is why Rabbis teach that learning Torah gives one the
most happiness, because he/she breaks down the wall and can again enjoy from
the “Ice Cream.”)
It says in Kohelet
(7:1) “Tov Shem MeShemen Tov Veyom HaMavet Meyom Hevaledo” A good name is
better than good oil and the day of
death than the day of birth (Chabad.org). Let’s dig deeper.
When one dies, they enter the world free of the Evil
Inclination, so they do not need to worry about sinning anymore. Also they
finally have reached their completion in reaching their spiritual goals. When a
Tzadik passes away, he finally receives the eternal reward of everlasting
sweetness forever. All the work they have done in this world gets paid off and
all their work of bringing thousands closer to Hashem is taken into account.
Rashi on this Pasuk explains that the Tzaddikim (righteous) bring presents into
the world through their actions, for example in Moshe’s existence came down the
Mann (heavenly bread) that fed all of Am Yisrael, in Aharon’s existence came
the Clouds of Glory to protect the entire nation. 
This world is known as a world of Dishonesty and overall
falsity. The Next World is the one of Emet,
truth. Therefore this world is seen as a hallway, to pick up great things to
take with us from room to room (to the next world)!
Live life through the
happiness of knowing Hashem is with us always.
SHAVUA TOV!
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