Shabbat

Key Teesah - Raising Up - Of Moses and Modesty

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Key Teesah - Raising Up - Of Moses and Modesty

Key Tisah means "when you raise up"

and ends with Moses shining "light" to the people of Israel

The Medrash explains that the "rays of light" were a reward for Moses' modesty -

because he did not even want the Almighty to write in the Torah how modest he was!

Moses did not get angry when the people created the Golden Calf - nor did he "go on strike"

but he kept on WITH HIS JOB -

to RAISE THE G-D AWARENESS AMONGTHE PEOPLE

That was why the portion ends with the rays of light emanating from Moses - showing how

he would not give up after the Golden Calf - but SPREAD LIGHT

He knew it was HIS JOB TO REJUVENATE THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE ISRAELITES

AND WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THIS PORTION

(Thank you Dr Moshe Rothkopf for pointing this out- and I paraphrase here-

We learn that no matter how spiritually low we might fall-

there is always a Moshe Rabaynu soul out there - a spiritual powerhouse

to show you that you can get to "the highest closest to the Almighty"

This is the example of Moses - the light that shone - from his modesty - always uplifting

and this is the point of the world -

to have pointers on how raise each other up

have a High Shabbat -

a HEALING Shabbat-

As Rav Shlomo Carlebach said -

Let this shabbat should be the highest yet!

love and shabbos

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz