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)
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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