Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei
03/12/2010 06:26:47 PM
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The Yalkut Shimoni which is one of the Midrashic explanations says that the gathering was for Moshe to teach the laws of Shabbos to the Jewish people ON Shabbos. Jews should gather in Shul and study halls to listen to their Rabbis teach about Shabbos. The Yalkut goes on to say that this is the source of the custom that Moshe said "Thirty days before a holiday we should ask and explain the laws of the coming festival. Thirty days before Pesach and thirty days before Sukkos learn the laws of that particular holiday." This message that Moshe sends us is the importance of the Jewish people to continue learning, learning from their Rabbis, and to come learn within a communal setting. One should not just learn at home, or by themselves, but rather with a teacher and among a group.
The first question of why the entire nation was required to be there can be answered by our differences. Within every group, club, committee, religious affiliation and even family there are opinions and differences. At times, the spectrum within the right to the left can be argumentative and downright ugly. In today's times we find within the circles of Orthodoxy many brands and strands. Whether a person affiliates with the kippah sruga, suede, velvet or even a paper one we find differences among the group itself. Orthodox Rabbis within the same organization will have different philosophies and outlooks on halacha and practice. Moshe Rabbeinu is commanding through the word of G-d that is all fine and acceptable, as long as we see ourselves in the collective Kol, all the entire. We are so fragmented that Moshe instructs us to pull all together. When and where do we find this opportunity to come together, on Shabbos and Yom Tov.
We need to aspire and do what Moshe did in pulling ALL , the ENTIRE Jewish people together regardless of how different we are. Let us have the merit to become a true Kehilas Yisroel and maybe then we can continue on the original plan of going into the land of Israel.
Ah Gut Shabbos, and a Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky
Wed, July 9 2025
13 Tammuz 5785
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