hey, i just joined….. i’m a friend of jaymat and he suggested i post my thing here…. so i figured i would give it shot…..
K, i dunno what to do with you guys!!!!!! what am i supposed to for the next month???? u chutz la’aretz ppl are a parsha behind!!!! u can;t even get the parsha right for crying out loud!!!……so i guess maybe i’ll do the main thing on the REAL parsha, and then i’ll do the idea on the WRONG parsha. JUST MOVE HERE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! sheesh! everything would just be so much more simple (plus moshiach would be here, and that would also solve some problems!!!!)
SO HERE GOES IT
Rashi at the beginning of the parsha explains that the reason the parsha of the menorah was placed right after the parsha of the nesi’im (see this has to do with naso too!!!), is cuz when aharon saw that the nesi’im were bringing all these beautiful korbanos and didnt get to join in the offering bringing, and he became sad and so hashem pointed out to him that he has nothing to be sad bout, cuz he gets to light the menorah.
And now the question is…….. ( i believe the ramban asks it.probably in a bit of a different wording but……), come on Aharon? ur the koheyn gadol! u get to go into the kodesh kodashim!!! u bring korbanos all year round, why would he allow this little incident get on his nerves???
And the answer goes like dis- actually b4 we get to the answer we will add 2 more incidents which are similar to aharon hakoheyns……..just for fun
Rabbi Akiva, and the GRA.
k, now for the answer………..huh?
When Rabbi Akiva was being brutually put to death by the romans, he was…….happy! he was happy that he could finally be mekayem “bechol levavcha”,, to die al kidush hashem, no with all due respect Rabbi Akiva was the undisputed gadol hador, he is responsible for all the torah be’al pe as we know it, he was full of mitzvos and quite frankly he was also full of mesirus nefesh, true he didn’t give up his life, but he lived in poverty, he threw everything away to go into torah……. so why did it matter to him that he was unable to fulfill this one mitzva till then?
When the gra was niftar, he……..cried. huh? why? cuz he was sad that he would not be able to do any more mitzvas, THE GRA!!!!!! the person who spent every minute of his life doing mitzvos, the man who with one word could understand more that we can in a life time, the man who in his sleep learnt more then we will ever do awake, what is he sad for? he lived the fullest life a jew can live!!!!
So what exactly is going on here? what are all these gedolim stressing about? it’s all based on 1 yesod.
When a person makes a certain amount of money, and then tries to get some more money…. does anyone even blink an eye? when a person has gone to many good restaurants but still plans on going to a new one, does anyone raise an eyebrow? if someone already has every gadget u can think of but he continues to search for the next fun thing, would u look at him weird? if the answer to all or any of tose questions was no, u should be able to figure out the answer on your own.
We r NEVER supposed to be satisfied with our ruchniyus, we r always supposed to strive for more, we r always supposed to try to get to the next level, to try and get even one more mitzva, even one more good deed, that is the way it should be, Aharan, Rabbi Akiva and the GRA all knew very well that they were loaded with zchuyos, they knew that they had really lived their life to the fullest, they understood their own greatness….. and yet, any opportunity they had to get another mitzva they ran after it, they lived every moment of their life in search of the next mitzva, the little edge that they could add to their arsenal of good deeds,
Sounds a bit weird? well if it works for our gashmiyus,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it can definitely work for our ruchniyus!!!!
This went on too long, and it actually covered both parshas………so im going to sleep!!!!
LAYLA TOV
SHLUF TZEIT
tip of the week: stretch!!!!
quote of the week: Diplomacy — the art of letting someone have your own way