13 Adar 5783 | י"ג אדר ה'תשפ"ג
The Fast of Esther | תענית אסתר
Shemoth שמות ל"ג, י"ב-י"ז 33:12-17, Sefaria
(bolding mine, English follows Hebrew - HDG)
י"ב וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֗ה רְ֠אֵ֠ה אַתָּ֞ה אֹמֵ֤ר אֵלַי֙ הַ֚עַל אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֔נִי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַ֖ח עִמִּ֑י וְאַתָּ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ יְדַעְתִּ֣יךָֽ בְשֵׁ֔ם וְגַם־מָצָ֥אתָ חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָֽי׃
12 Moses said to יהוה, “See, You say to me, ‘Lead this people forward,’ but You have not made known to me whom You will send with me. Further, You have said, ‘I have singled you out by name, and you have, indeed, gained My favor.’
י"ג וְעַתָּ֡ה אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ הוֹדִעֵ֤נִי נָא֙ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֔ךָ וְאֵדָ֣עֲךָ֔ לְמַ֥עַן אֶמְצָא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּרְאֵ֕ה כִּ֥י עַמְּךָ֖ הַגּ֥וֹי הַזֶּֽה׃
13 Now, if I have truly gained Your favor, pray let me know Your ways, that I may know You and continue in Your favor. Consider, too, that this nation is Your people.”
י"ד וַיֹּאמַ֑ר פָּנַ֥י יֵלֵ֖כוּ וַהֲנִחֹ֥תִי לָֽךְ׃
14 And [God] said, “I will go in the lead and will lighten your burden.”
ט"ו וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אִם־אֵ֤ין פָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ הֹלְכִ֔ים אַֽל־תַּעֲלֵ֖נוּ מִזֶּֽה׃
15 And he replied, “Unless You go in the lead, do not make us leave this place.
ט"ז וּבַמֶּ֣ה ׀ יִוָּדַ֣ע אֵפ֗וֹא כִּֽי־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ הֲל֖וֹא בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֣ עִמָּ֑נוּ וְנִפְלִ֙ינוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמְּךָ֔ מִכׇּ֨ל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ {פ}
16 For how shall it be known that Your people have gained Your favor unless You go with us, so that we may be distinguished, Your people and I, from every people on the face of the earth?”
י"ז וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה כִּֽי־מָצָ֤אתָ חֵן֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וָאֵדָעֲךָ֖ בְּשֵֽׁם׃
17 And יהוה said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have truly gained My favor and I have singled you out by name.”
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My comment: Moshe Rabbenu received the commandment back towards the beginning of this book to free the people and bring them to the Land haShem promised them. In the above passage, He was so angry with our ancestors for worshiping the golden statue of a calf that He threatened to wipe them out and start all over again with Moshe. It shows Moshe's derekh eretz that he remembered what his mission was, and that he convinced haShem to stick with it, rather than abandon the people altogether. After all, how did he know that his descendants wouldn't do the same thing? And how long would this process go on; hasn't this gone on long enough? We are coming up to Am Yisrael's 3,335th birthday — see HERE - HDG
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OH, GOD, if YOU gave and continue to give the Jewish People the favor YOU promised Moshe Rabbenu in the above passage, PLEASE SEND and REVEAL MASHIAH NOW!!!
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Next year there will be two months of Adar! and be"H we will live and be well to see them with him!
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* Make Geula: I got this term from Shmuel Sackett, HERE.
Just remember that those who followed Moshe out of the darkness of Egypt/Mitzrayim got to have the chance to go to the Land they were promised! And not everyone made it here...
