This Lelamed Dvar is also available in your local App Store (iTunes and
Android). I hope you enjoy and share this thought and perspective from
Rabbi Aaron Tendler...
It was the morning of the 7th of Adar, 2488. No one has slept this past
night knowing that this was to be Moshe's last day. All night long, in
silent dread, we have stood waiting, crying, and wondering. What will we
do? How will we go on? Moshe our Teacher is about to die and there is
nothing we can do about it. All night long we have been gathered around
Moshe's tent as he instructed the great Yehoshua (Joshua). Oh that we have
reached this fateful day.
But wait! Yehoshua is coming out. Look at his face... It seems to glow with
a light as bright as the shine of the moon in a dark starry night. What has
happened? Where is Moshe? Suddenly an expectant hush falls over all of us.
There must be more than 3 million people here. Tribal heads, members of the
Sanhedrin (supreme court), dignitaries, men, women and children.
The great Yehoshua turns to the tent's entrance and bows his head. There he
is - It is Moshe! The simple joy and love that emanates from his smile as
he looks out upon all of us is magical. Each and every one of us feels the
sadness and dread drain away. What regal bearing! What majesty. Even with
the veil we can sense the celestial power of his radiance. We must remember
this moment.
But wait... It looks like Moshe is going to lift the veil. He's about to
speak. His voice seems to be carried as if on the wind itself. It's an
ageless voice that resonates with the echoes of Sinai. If G-d had a voice,
it would be the voice of Moshe our Teacher. We must listen very carefully.
There are his final words; today is Moshe's final day. And so our Parsha
begins... "Today you are all standing... your leaders, your law enforcers,
every Israelite man, your children, your women. even your wood cutters and
water carriers." (29:9)
Shana Tova!
Shlomo Ressler
Quotation of the Week:
"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." – Warren
Bennis
This Lelamed Dvar is also available in your local App Store (iTunes and
Android). I hope you enjoy and share this thought and perspective from
Rabbi Aaron Tendler...
_______________________________________________
It was the morning of the 7th of Adar, 2488. No one has slept this past
night knowing that this was to be Moshe's last day. All night long, in
silent dread, we have stood waiting, crying, and wondering. What will we
do? How will we go on? Moshe our Teacher is about to die and there is
nothing we can do about it. All night long we have been gathered around
Moshe's tent as he instructed the great Yehoshua (Joshua). Oh that we have
reached this fateful day.
But wait! Yehoshua is coming out. Look at his face... It seems to glow with
a light as bright as the shine of the moon in a dark starry night. What has
happened? Where is Moshe? Suddenly an expectant hush falls over all of us.
There must be more than 3 million people here. Tribal heads, members of the
Sanhedrin (supreme court), dignitaries, men, women and children.
The great Yehoshua turns to the tent's entrance and bows his head. There he
is - It is Moshe! The simple joy and love that emanates from his smile as
he looks out upon all of us is magical. Each and every one of us feels the
sadness and dread drain away. What regal bearing! What majesty. Even with
the veil we can sense the celestial power of his radiance. We must remember
this moment.
But wait... It looks like Moshe is going to lift the veil. He's about to
speak. His voice seems to be carried as if on the wind itself. It's an
ageless voice that resonates with the echoes of Sinai. If G-d had a voice,
it would be the voice of Moshe our Teacher. We must listen very carefully.
There are his final words; today is Moshe's final day. And so our Parsha
begins... "Today you are all standing... your leaders, your law enforcers,
every Israelite man, your children, your women. even your wood cutters and
water carriers." (29:9)
Shana Tova!
Shlomo Ressler
_______________________________________________
Quotation of the Week:
"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." – Warren
Bennis
