Wednesday, August 1, 2018

OU TORAH Va´eschanan Part 2 – Shabbos of Simcha By Rav Moshe Twersky, HY"D


In the zemer, Kol mekadeish shevii, we find the expression, “ha´mechakim l´vinyan ariel b´yom Shabbos kodesh sisu v´simchu k´mikablei matan nachliel, those that await the construction of the Beis Ha´Mikdash, on the holy day of Shabbos, rejoice and be happy as those who have received a gift of inheritance from the Almighty.“ An innovative way of understanding these words is that they are in specific reference to the Shabbos of parshas Va´eschanan. How is that? Va´eschanan is Shabbos Nachamu, the Shabbos that follows Tisha B´Av. Out of the entire year, Tisha B´Av is the time when we truly connect with our inner yearning for the geulah to come. For Mashiach to finally arrive and witness the rebuilding of the Beis Ha´Mikdash. This, then, is what the zemer is talking about when it says “those that await the construction of the Beis Ha´Mikdash“ – on Tisha B`Av when our national yearning for the geulah reaches its peak. And what immediately follows that? A Shabbos of rejoicing and happiness as result of receiving matan nachliel, the Torah. Va´eschanan, of course, contains the Aseres Ha`Dibros – Klal Yisrael´s collective experience of receiving the Torah. And Torah is the ultimate source of rejoicing and simcha. So the zemer is saying, when we reach the state of mechakim l´vinyan ariel – yearning for the geulah – we will experience immediately thereafter a Shabbos of special rejoicing and simcha – the Shabbos in which we receive the Torah which is the ultimate source of all simcha. (Related by Reb Avrohom Twersky)

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