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Sefer Shemot, on the other hand, begins most dismally with the death of the tribes and the bitter enslavement in Egypt. Yet it ends with one of the brightest verses in the Torah: "And the (protective) cloud of the Lord was upon the Tabernacle by day, and a fire was upon it by night…throughout all their journeys."
I once heard that we can attribute the differing tones of these Seforim to the fact that Sefer Bereishit ends with the tribes having made their way in Galut. Galut may have started out bright, especially when it was guided by the towering personalities of Yaakov, Yosef and his brothers, but in essence it has not future, and therefore ends in darkness. By the end of Sefer Shemot, however, Klal Yisroel is making its way towards Eretz Yisrael. Their sojourn may have had its intermediate difficulties, but it was guided by the fiery light of G-d.
Hence the Sefer, which began so dismally, dramatically changes its tone and manages to end so brightly, with the consistent guidance of G-d throughout the journey.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
