מאמרים

Make the Bitter times into Sweet

Make the Bitter times into Sweet
 
 
My friends, it is like
My Teacher Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach said often
"
Let's make this short and sweet ..."
And "
Who remembers those bad jokes Uncle X
Would say at the seder,
That was just a FamilyMeal with Matza?"
 
But Passover is the Holiday of the World!
 
In the middle of the Israel and Egypt story
 
The Torah teaches us the Almighty made
4 promises of Redemption.
 
And in the middle it says
 
"I bring you out of there with
Mishpatim Gedolim - 
Great Judgements"
 
My interpretation is
(Since RASHI doesn't comment on that)
That the exodus is SO GREAT
that it is BASIC TO JUDGING THE WORLD
(NOT JUST EGYPT)
 
Can You Prove It? Asked one of my congregants once,
Who still believes we are all
Descended from OuterSpace Travelers
 
My abswer:
Our teachers traditionally taught that 
When the Red Sea Split For US,
SO DID all the OTHER WATERS AROUND THE GLOBE 
 
And the congrebant added:
 
The Scientists say
There was a Tidal Wave Tsunami
At that time
From a Planet that Passed Close to Earth!
 
So you see, I said that
 
Whatever Happened it was just
 
SO THE WORLD WORLD would LEARN:
 
THE ISRAELITES ARE FREED 
TO FIX THE WORLD
 
By Following G-d's Command to 
LEAVE EGYPT-
The Greatest Miracle in History
Which 
LEAVES THE WHOLE WORLD WITH HOPE
 
if they just look up
Smell the Roses
See the Stars
And THANK G -D FOR THE EXODUS
 
Happy and Healthy and 
Meaningful Passover
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz