Page 3 - The Jewish Voice - July '21

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From the rabbis

We Believe in You turned 80, when he was appointed to his mission at the as an engraved letter, like on the Ten Commandments.
Burning Bush, Moses was a wanted fugitive who was never While the letters might be filled with shmutz and become
By Rabbi Dovid Vigler able to see his family again. hard to read, they are always there. Once cleaned up, they
How would you behave Yet despite it all, Moses courageously stands up for are as good as new!
if your nemesis were these evil men, challenging G-d to spare them from death. Last month we commemorated the 27th anniversary of
sentenced to death? How could Moses have done this? Is it even possible the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem
Moses’ reaction is for us to do the same? Schneerson OBM. The rebbe’s life mission of leaving no
nothing short of stunning. This is the mark of a true leader — the mark of a rebbe: Jew behind still reverberates the world over, nearly three
And it inspires us to rethink Moses truly loved the Jews. And not only the good decades after his passing. No Jew was too lowly nor too
all of our relationships! ones, but the wicked ones too. With all his heart, he far for the Rebbe to reach. The rebbe saw the soul of every
In the Torah portion believed they were pure inside — not as rotten inside human being and taught us to do the same. He trained us
Korach, we’re introduced as they seemed to be on the outside. Goethe said that to see beyond what the eye could see and recognize the
to a horrific rebellion “Every person sees in the world and in other people that perfect piece of G-d within every single person. That it
against Moses, led by the which he carries in his own heart.” A rebbe of Israel is is not what we do that defines us, rather, it is who we are
fabulously wealthy Korach and 250 men who joined him. himself so pure that he sees in others nothing but purity. that characterizes us as G-dly, spiritual beings.
When it becomes clear that they are unwilling to step down While everyone else sees a body, a rebbe sees a shining How often do we cast others off because of what
from full-blown mutiny, G-d announces that a calamity soul. While everyone else might see an evil inclination they’ve said or done? How many friends or family
is about to take place. Indeed, the earth was soon to open or negative tendencies, a rebbe sees the holiness within. members have we cut ties with because of differences of
up like a sinkhole and swallow only the members of the As a true lover of his people, a rebbe intuitively knows beliefs or opinions? It is incumbent upon us too to see
rebellion, as well as their families and their possessions. that any sin is nothing more than a perversion of the true each other for who we are — pristine, G-dly souls worthy
Instead of gloating, Moses pleads with G-d to save essence of the Jew. of love and acceptance.
them: “Oh G-d, knower of the hearts of all flesh, will Days after the Six-Day War, Chabadniks opened the The rebbe made it his duty to leave no stone unturned
the sin of just one man bring wrath upon the entire famous tefillin stand at the recently liberated Western and no corner of the world untouched in his quest to reach
congregation?” Wall in Jerusalem. Still in operation to this very day, every single Jew matter how uninspired or uninitiated
Though we have seen Abraham stand up for the thousands of Jews connect to G-d each week through the they may be.
residents of Sodom and Gemorah before their destruction vital mitzvah of tefillin. When the famous Rabbi Shlomo It is our dream and prayer that you too will be able to
in the book of Genesis, this stand of Moses is different. Zalman Auerbach saw the phenomenon of non-observant join us as shluchim of the Rebbe, to see in your friends,
Abraham pleaded with G-d to save the righteous; here, Jews laying tefillin en masse at the Kotel, he famously family, and neighbors that same G-dly spark that we see:
Moses is pleading with G-d to spare the wicked! remarked: “Many Jews believe in G-d, but it takes a rebbe to love them for who they are and not for what they could
Moses’ point was that not every accomplice in the crime to believe in the Jews!” or should be.
has the same malicious intent. Some participate merely due Indeed, the rebbe never was fond of the term “secular The rebbe’s yahrtzeit is an auspicious day to turn to
to peer pressure or to join the gang. His plea was for G-d Jew,” which he believed to be a contradiction in terms him for any and all blessings that you need. As the true
to punish only the rabble-rouser himself, Korach, and to because “Every Jew is inherently holy; nothing we can lover of Israel that he is, the rebbe believes in you always
spare everyone else who just tagged along for the ride. do will change that reality.” and will always advocate for you on High, if you just
What’s most incredible about this story is that among A chassid once met a non-observant Jew who ask for it. No Jew is too far gone; no Jew escapes the
those Moses was fighting for were two characters by the complained that he was too far gone and was lost to his unconditional love of a rebbe — not even the sinners of
names of Dasan and Aviram. These two were responsible people. The chassid reassured him by telling him that each Israel, as we read in the Torah.
for unspeakable grief in Moses’ life: When he was a Jew is like a letter in the Torah scroll. If it gets erased, Rabbi Dovid Vigler is spiritual leader at Chabad of
young man in his teens, he once killed an Egyptian who it can and must be fixed. When the rebbe heard this he Palm Beach Gardens and host of the Jewish Schmooze
was attacking a Jew. These two witnessed the event and modified the metaphor by saying that the holiness of a Jew Radio Show. Email him at rabbi@jewishgardens.com.
proceeded to inform Pharaoh about it, forcing Moses to can never be erased like a Torah letter written with ink on
flee from Egypt and his people for 60 years! Up until he parchment. It would be more accurate to define each Jew From the Rabbis on page 4

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