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Titolo: Please Tell Me - Shmos

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                     Please Tell me What The Rebbe Says
          Based on the teachings and talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
          Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson on the weekly Torah Portion
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                                 Shmos
This week's parshah tells us about the slavery of the Jewish people in
Mitzrayim.
But the parshah begins, V'eileh Shmos Bnei Yisrael Haboim Mitzrayma -
"These are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt."
But even before they were enslaved, they had already entered galus.
When a Jew leaves Eretz Yisrael and goes to Mitzrayim - he is in
galus.  He can immediately feel the difference between Eretz Yisrael
and Mitzrayim.
Let's take an imaginary journey with Bnei Yisrael.
They had recently arrived in Mitzrayim. We might hear one Jew talking
to another.
"It sure is hot here. Doesn't it ever rain? The rain would cool off
the air and clear it up a bit."
"Oh no! It hardly ever rains here in Egypt."
"No rain?! Then how do the crops grow?"
"Why, from the Nile River, of course."
"The river? Do you mean we will have to draw buckets of water from the
river to water our fields? That will take forever!"
"Not at all. The Nile River overflows, and streams of water gush into
long irrigation ditches which stretch out for miles and bring water to
the fields. Everyone depends upon the river to grow their food."
"What a difference between this land and Eretz Yisrael! The rain which
watered our fields in Eretz Yisrael came down from the heavens. We
Jews look upwards to HaShem for rain. Here, the people look down into
a river. They depend upon it to make their crops grow. No wonder they
worship the Nile River as a god."
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Life in Mitzrayim makes people feel completely dependent on the Nile
River. They are always looking down toward this natural force.
That is also the way people in galus often think. But it is a mistake
to feel that we are totally dependent on nature.
The truth is  -  and this is the what we should all believe -  that
HaShem controls everything, including nature. When we look up to the
sky and ask HaShem for rain to water our fields, we remember that our
food and our very lives depend upon Him.
            (Adapted from Likkutei Sichos, Vol. VI, Shmos)
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                                 Shmos
Many children like to sing the song Ani Ma'amin. Jews all over the
world sing this song often, because believing in HaShem comes
naturally to us. Our Rabbis call the Jewish people "believers - the
children of believers."
So doesn't it seem strange that at the end of this week's parshah we
read how Moshe Rabbeinu cries out to HaShem: "Why have You made things
worse for this people?"
When Moshe demanded that Pharaoh free the Jews, Pharaoh didn't listen.
Instead, he made them work even harder, and ordered his officers to
beat them. Moshe was troubled. HaShem had promised to bring the
geulah, but things got worse instead of getting better. And so he
asked HaShem this question.
But Jewish people believe in HaShem. Especially Moshe Rabbeinu. HaShem
Himself describes Moshe as being the "most trusting of all." Moshe was
certainly not asking this question out of a lack of belief and trust.
Then how can we understand Moshe's question?
Moshe Rabbeinu was chosen by HaShem to give the Torah to the Jewish
people. Torah is the wisdom of HaShem. HaShem wants us not only to
believe in Him, but also to know and to understand. This was Moshe's
mission: to bring this wisdom down to the Jewish people so that they
could study and through their study, they would understand.
Moshe Rabbeinu was not lacking in belief when he asked HaShem why
things had gotten worse. Of course, he believed and trusted in HaShem,
but he couldn't understand why things got worse. He knew that this was
his mission: to teach the people to understand what they believed in.
So he asked HaShem to explain. And indeed, in the next parshah, HaShem
gives him an answer, promising to take the Jewish people out of Egypt.
HaShem said He would perform many miracles so that the people would
see how right it is to trust Him.
It is no coincidence that the Alter Rebbe, founder of Chassidus
Chabad, passed away on Motzoei Shabbos, Parshas Shmos. The Alter
Rebbe's mission was to explain Chassidus so that people could
understand. That is why he wrote the Tanya.
When Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev first saw the Tanya, he
marveled and exclaimed: "The Alter Rebbe has taken a big G-d and put
Him into a small book!" Rebbe Levi Yitzchak was amazed at how the
Alter Rebbe could explain the deep secrets of Chassidus in words that
ordinary people could understand.
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HaShem answered Moshe by promising to bring the geulah from galus
Mitzrayim. So too, the spreading of chassidus will bring the geulah
today. As the Baal Shem Tov was promised: "When will Mashiach come?
When the wellsprings of your teachings will spread outward."
           (Adapted from Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XVI, p. 52ff)
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Non so gli altri, ma il mio inglese non é tale da riuscire a comprendere
appieno tutto quanto scritto in questo e negli altri tre(o quattro)
script da te postati ultimamente.Quindi - o alleghi traduzione   - opp. per
piacere non postare più __anche perchè sembrerebbe un pò
...voluto,,,l'invio di scritti indubbiamente interessanti.
Grazie
Gianni Bua
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