Special Divine Help

 

Freddie Shared:

 

I thought this was an interesting 2 minute piece of Chizuk, said over by Rabbi Eli Mansour..

 

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Va'Eschanan - Matnas Chinam

 

By Yona

 

The first Kli Yakor on this parsha says on the posuk "Vaeschanan el Hashem ba eys hahi leimor". Rashi says even though Tzadikim can ask for things based on their Maasim Tovim, they still only ask for it as a present. So the Kli Yakar asks, we find that even Tzadikim (like Yaakov Avinu) don't ask for things in the merit of their deeds - because they assume they used up all those zechusim. Rather it means that Tzadikim only ask for things so that they can live, and be able to do FUTURE Massim tovim and mitzvos. So it's a reasonable request for Moshe to say - I want to do the special mitzvos in Eretz Yisrael, please let me in so I can do Your will. But we see that Moshe still didn't ask with this logic, because he was so humble that he thought maybe he will enter EY and not be zoche to do the mitzvos, and will only enjoy the physical pleasures that the land has to offer. That's why he asked to be let in as a free gift.

We talk about being powerless and that we need to rely on the grace of G-D. We see that even Moshe Rabbeinu had this attitude, that he's powerless to do Mitzvos (kal vachomer averios!)

 

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Attitude of Gratitude

 

By Drummerboy

 

I just witnessed something amazing that really made me stop and think. I was sitting outside on a bench here in the heights, watching some of the local children zoom back and forth on their scooters. Between rides one of the children said to another, "you have to thank god for the air" (air in this case meaning the rush of wind in your face as you zoom along). His friend screamed out "thank you god for the air!!". It made me think and wonder why I don't do that enough, thank G-d for every single thing in my life, even the small, seemingly insignificant, and easy to overlook ones. It impacted me really strongly and I just wanted to share it.