Since I don’t have time to go on YWN on Erev Shabbos (I do try to keep the Sabbath thing… ya know and there ain’t much time when I get home) I will post now and please put it up for me tomoro. (Ahhh I miss doing this stuff- Geshmak!)
Parashas Va’era –
By R’ Pam Zt”l Sefer Darchei Noam
(shortened into my own words)
Paroh told Moshe Rabbeinu and Aharon Hacohen that they can serve their G-d inside the land. The request was for B.Y. to be able to leave to the Midbar and bring karbanos there. Paroh nixes this and says you gotta stay here and do it in Mitzraim. So Moshe Rabeinu answers back- Sorry, we can’t do it here b/c the Mitriyim will find it disgusting to see us slaughter their gods in front of them. (They served Sheep as gods).
Amazing! M”R risked angering Paroh (and possibly his life) because he didn’t want to cause pain or anguish to the horrible and insensitive Mitzriyim! Al achas kama vekama we have to be careful not to cause tzaar to other Yidden!
>>>>>>>>>> Lesson for us
How many times do we get so involved with our own personal wills that we forget to care about how the other guy feels?
–Younger chevra, ever been dancing and k-nocking at a chasuna so much that we don’t realize we are knocking over and stepping on all the ppl older than us?
–Ever been so eager to get to the front of the line that you don’t realize you are actually pushing ppl??
— How abt this one… (oh my I’ve been on both ends) Ever met a person that hs so much to say and doesn’t let the other person get a word in edgewise? (mamish just happened to me today! I wanted to say my point already but by the time I could say it, it wasnt shayach anymore!)
***** So many times a day we can stop what we’re doing and think, “Am I REALLY doing a mitzvah now or am I not being sensitive and rubbing my mitzvah in someone else’s face and not being sensitive to them and their pain. Let us learn from Moshe Rabeinu who was sensitive to Mitzriyim and chose one minute a day to be sensitive to any person we come in contact with that day. *****
Good Shabbos Everybody 🙂
(BTW this is so changed from the text i dont know if its fair to even say it B’shem R’Pam Zt”l… sorry)