For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.
There is a Halacha that explains
one may not have a Hefsek (any type
of hesitation) between saying a Beracha (blessing) and eating the food or doing
the Mitzvah. For example, after one says the Beracha of Shehakol on chocolate, they may not speak until after they swallow
a piece of the chocolate, also they can’t even answer ‘amen’ to their own
Beracha because it is as if they held a hesitation between the Beracha and
doing the action. All of a sudden they might have a question right at that moment pop into their head, asking it would be a Hefsek! Another example is saying the Beracha for Tefillin. According
to Sepharadim & Edot HaMizrach, we only say one Beracha on Tefillin. We
first roll up our sleeve, put the box on the spot suited for the Tefillin, say
the Beracha and immediately tighten the strap and when we reach the wrist bone
we quickly get up to put on the Tefillin Shel Rosh on the proper spot above the
hairline in order to avoid having a Hefsek
between the Tefillin Shel Yad and Tefillin Shel Rosh (both boxes of Tefillin
for the arm and head).
That’s beautiful, but what can
we learn from this? In our Parasha this week, we have the zchut to enjoy
another taste of Torah with Parashat Va’Era. In our Parasha the famous Makkot
(plagues) are sent onto Mitzrayim (Egypt).
After each Plague Pharoah
changes his mind and lets Moshe direct the entire Am (nation) out of Mitzrayim.
But all of a sudden Pharoah’s PMS kicks in and decides to cancel his agreement
with Moshe. What do we see here? When someone decides to begin something they
should stick with it all the way up to the end. We all see it with our Torah
learning: people have the most trouble with beginning to learn a Masechet of
Gemara or start a book and taking double the amount of time to finish it! This
holds for all things in life. Whenever we start a project, we have to set up a
final plan in our minds with a set goal time and ending point before falling to
the hands of the Yetzer Hara and just being in a mess.
We all want to achieve. We all
want to succeed. We all deep down inside have a striking yearning to get closer
to Hashem and we just need to dig inside to find it. We all have a spark of
Judaism no matter what happens, we cannot lose our Jewish soul, there is no
such thing.
This is what we see from the
Halacha on Hefsek and Berachot. We also see this from Pharoah’s decisions,
whenever we stick to something, we should stick to it all the way (unless its
against Hashem’s guide of the world). What better way to start being real with
ourselves by keeping the holy Shabbat and realizing how good it is for us?!
Tov LeHodot L’Hashem U’lezamer Leshimcha
Elyon.
It is good to give thanks to Hashem, and to
sing to Your name, O Most High (Tehillim 92:2)!
Shabbat
Shalom!
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