For the Ilui
Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.
Shabbat
Shalom & Chodesh Tov!
As we begin Chodesh Nissan, THE Chodesh of Geula
(redemption) for Am Yisrael, we also begin Sefer VaYikrah, the third book in
the Chumash (Torah). What is this Parasha about? The Korbanot, animal
sacrifices that a person does when they make a mistake, when they seen on
purpose, when they sin in general, etc.
What is
something that can really give us more strength to continue our Avodat Hashem,
service of G-d to bring more spiritual light and happiness into the world? The
concept of what each type of person brings when sinning to atone for their
sins. What do I mean?
In VaYikrah
5:13, the Pasuk speaks about the Korban Chatat, which is when someone does a
sin, Chatat from the word Chet (sin). There are three levels of bringing a
Korban chatat, the offering to bring when one sinned: they are to bring a sheep
or a goat (when he is rich), two turtle doves (when he is at the average
financial standing) or in times of really tough financial levels, they bring a
tenth of an ephah (flour). What does this teach us? That Hashem is
telling Am Yisrael: it doesn’t matter how much you have in your pocket or in your bank
account, and it certainly does not matter how much your assets add up to in
value. You can be the owner of the Empire State Building or the corner deli by the local main
street, I am the one who inspects your emotions and feelings and see if you
really felt some regret from what you did.
And besides
that, there is no excuse, thank G-d Hashem is the most democratic Leader in the
world, He cares for everyone. Even for the children of the orev, the
raven, which does not feed its children thinking his wife cheated on him
because the offspring come out white naturally. Hashem feeds them by sending
them worms!
This shows
how a tenth of an amount of flour is seen the same in Hashem’s eyes just like a
goat or a sheep! Hashem is the one who comes with the most accurate ‘soul’
report, so we need to stop thinking we can trick G-d and accept His rule and
just live in a happier state. After all, denial is the first step of
acceptance, so lets try and skip denial, ignore our doubts and just start
living a life people only dream of! The Torah is the gateway to happiness.
SHABBAT SHALOM & CHODESH TOV!
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With a huge smile the holy Jews answered: We are getting
ready to slaughter them because we are leaving in a couple of days and all the
first born Egyptians (humans and animals, a.k.a. YOU) are going to be
slaughtered by Hashem! After a few minutes the entire group of first borns were
at Pharoah’s palace yelling, imagine a huge riot of hundreds of thousands of
people outside the King’s home! LET THEM GO OR ELSE WE WILL DIE.
From this came the pre-redemtpion before Yetziyat Mitzrayim.
This is the reason for the great Shabbat HaGadol.
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The Gemara explains that if we say Torah is like a goad,
some goads tend to sway and they are not stable and firm. So you are telling me
the Torah is not stable?! Therefore the Pasuk continues to teach it’s like a
Nail, which is stable and firm. So if its like a nail, nails leave holes in the
wall and have a negative side effect where they take away from something, so
the Torah takes away and subtracts from someone who learns it? Rather it’s like
the (planted) “Netuyim” continuation
of the Pasuk, where the Torah is like a seed that has been planted and results
with fruits and growth with more and more additions to it.
This shows us that one who puts time into Torah and actual
LIVES THE TORAH by getting closer to Hashem, praying, acting like a modest Jew
with respect and Derech Eretz (manners), eating Kosher, etc. etc. really sees
fruits and reward in their life. 
But let’s get serious. What is Hashem trying to tell us?
An English speaking person, usually a non-Jew lives around
the letters I-F, meaning If. A non-Jew who ignores the existence of Hashem and
His power and control over this world lives his life without Hashem. He/She
tells him/herself: if x,y,z is good
for me, then I will do it. They revolve life around themselves and not what
Hashem wants from them. 
When offering his daughter to David, David HaMelech answered
beautifully: “Who am I? What am I worth? What is my life? How can I be the son
of the King?!” (Shmuel 18:18). This act of anava,
modesty, is what saved David because literally in the next pasuk the Navi
explains Merav (the daughter of Shaul) was already married off to Adriel. And
this entire marriage happened behind the back of the King! This caused the
marriage arrangement to break off between Shaul’s daughter and David, causing
the plan of murder to be delayed (because afterwards Shaul still tried killing
David)!
Hashem, lehavdeel
eleph alphei havdalot (vehamevin yavin), is not the same way at all. The
huge misconception today that the Yetzer Hara confuses us with is our Torah
learning and effort we actually put in trying to get closer to Hashem. None of us are perfect, and this is something to celebrate
because Hashem made us this way so obviously we should be happy about it (and
at the same time trying to perfect our middot),
so we all fall in regards to averot (sins) and stupid mistakes.
A part of being
Jewish is connecting to Hashem when we are AT ROCK BOTTOM. 
