Shelomo HaMelech, King Salomon, was the smartest man on the
planet and Hazal teach us (our Sages) that there will be NO smarter individual
in the history of the world after Shelomo. Out of the 24 books of Tanach that
guide our life and make up Torah She’bechtav (Written Torah), he wrote three
books: Misheli, Shir HaShirim and Kohelet. In Mishlei 6:6-7 there is a famous
Pasuk that millions use to motivate people to do certain actions.
The Pasuk teaches that each person should strive to be like
an ant (yes the little insect). “GO TO THE ANT…SEE HER WAYS AND BECOME WISE.”
Why? Because the next Pasuk: for she has
no chief, overseer or ruler! What does Shelomo HaMelech teach? He explains
that there is NO ONE rushing after the ant to do its work. The ant lives for
approximately six months and what does it not accomplish in its lifetime?! It
doesn’t sleep, doesn’t waste time for leisure activity. All it does is work for
the Queen Ant.
Now its Sefirat Ha’Omer and we have officially entered the
Fourth Week of the Sefirah, the week that resembles Moshe Rabbenu, who is The Leader
and The Prophet for Am Yisrael. Moshe’s week is called Netzakh, eternal. Netzakh also comes from the root of the word to
win, lenatzeakh. What makes the ant so special? The fact that it does what it
does because IT WANTS TO FROM ITS OWN BEING, There is NO ONE running after it
to tell it what to do and how to do it. It just knows that it’s the right thing
and just does it.
How much do we need to learn from this ant to want to
eternally WIN our Yetzer Hara (Evil it’s the right thing and that’s it! Be’ezrat Hashem we should do
the Mitzvot and get closer to Hashem by learning Torah because it’s the EMET,
truth of this entire world.
Judaism=Think.
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