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Perashat Tessaveh

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Perashat Tessaveh

Friday, February 27, 2015 Author: Rabbi Elie Abadie

It is said: "the wishes of a righteous person come true". It is for this reason that people tend to go to Rabbis and Sages for blessings hoping that their wishes will come true.

In Perashat Tessave, we do not see the name of Moshe mentioned at all. From the moment Moshe is introduced to us in Perashat Shemot until the end of the Torah, there is no Perasha that does not have Moshe's name mentioned, except Perashat Tessaveh. The Commentary on the Torah explains that this Perasha occurred after the Golden Calf episode, where G-d had wanted to obliterate the people for their grave transgression. Moshe while defending the people argues with G-d, that if G-d so wishes to obliterate the people, then Moshe wants to be obliterated with them from G-d's book. In deference of Moshe's wish as a righteous person, his name was not mentioned in Perashat Tessaveh.

The concept of obliterating ones name or memory is well documented. We read this Shabbat Perashat Zakhor, a small paragraph reminding us of the evil that Amalek perpetrated against our people on their exodus from Egypt. We are commanded to obliterate the remembrance of Amalek and all the evil that he represents. We read this paragraph the Shabbat before Purim, as a reminder that Haman, the archenemy of the Jewish People in Persia, was an Amalekite, and wanted to obliterate the Jewish People. He was eventually vanquished by the Jews and his plans were thwarted and implemented on him and his followers.

Centuries and millennia have passed, over 2500 years. Yet, the desire to obliterate the Jewish people and Israel is still in existence in the Land of Persia, the Modern Iran. The unfortunate part is that plenty of other nations and people have the same desire and wish to obliterate the Jewish People and Israel. Even the people of good will do not seem to understand this ominous threat against our People and the Nation of Israel. They naively believe that the intentions of Modern Persia, and its worldwide web of agents, are good and can be trusted. We know their true intentions, we are aware of their hatred. We, unfortunately, have the experience of being the receiver of such hatred for over 2500 years. No one can tell us otherwise.

However, we also have the experience and the trust in G-d, that all those who wanted to obliterate us in the past, ended up being obliterated themselves. We have no doubt that the A-mighty G-d will defend His People.  The fate of the enemies of His People will be exactly the same as the fate of Haman and the other nations who rose against us; they will ultimately be obliterated. So is the wish of a Righteous Nation.

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