For the Ilui
Neshama of Avraham ben Ester & the Refua Shlema of Mordechai Tzvi ben Sara.
Never
complain.
In our
Parasha, Parashat Toldot, Rivka Emainu gets pregnant after 20 years of being
unable to get pregnant! When Hashem gave her the gift of pregnancy, in Ruach
HaKodesh (divine capability of holy spirit) Rivka saw that she had twins. The
famous Midrash explains that when Rivka walked by a place of Avodah Zara
(Idolatry), one twin, Esav, would kick and move and make trouble in the womb in
excitement. Whenever Rivka would walk by a Bet Midrash or any other house of
worship, Yaakov Avinu, the father of the 12 Shvatim would jump and kick and
move in excitement.
Rivka saw
this and she also knew in Ruach HaKodesh that she needs to give birth to the 12
Shvatim (tribes) of Am Yisrael which will be the foundation of the Jewish
Nation.
The 12
Shvatim is not just twelve children. Its 12 Yesodot, 12 key roots in our nation’s
being, with each one brought into the world for a specific purpose. We need to
understand that to bring the 12 Shvatim to this world to continue Am Yisrael’s
being is a HUGE zchut (privilege).
What does
Rivka say when she goes through these ‘excitements’ by the two fetuses? “How
can I deal with having 12 kids if one is already moving forward to the Avodah
Zara?!?!?!” But where do we see this in the Torah? Rivka says: “…VaTomer Im Ken
Lama Zeh Anochi…” (Bereshit 25:22), “…If it be so, why am I like this?...”
The word Zeh, which means “this” has a Gematriya of 12. This 12 represents the
12 Shvatim that was supposed to come from Yitzchak and Rivka.
We can also
see this when Hashem answers Rivka by saying she has Teomim, twins in
her womb. However, Hashem writes in the Torah the word Teomim without the Yud
and the Aleph (Teomim is spelled: Tav, Aleph, Vav, Mem, Yud, Mim). Yud and
Alpeh together in Gematriya is 11, which represents the 11 other Shvatim that
should of came from Rivka (the first one being Yaakov).
At the same
time we should know that today’s complaining and when we say Rivka “complained”
is not the same at all. Rivka had Ruach HaKodesh and is one of the Imahot
(mothers) of Am Yisrael! There is no chance that someone as powerful as Rivka
can be even compared to the biggest spiritual and religious figures of today!
B’H we
should all have the koach (strength) to see the good in everything and enjoy
life in the way of the Torah! Appreciation is Judaism.
Judaism=Think.
SHABBAT SHALOM!
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