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What is this "glory of Hashem"? We begin with the words of Prof. Nechama Leibovitz, the generation’s teacher of parashat hashavua: "The visible glory of Hashem- can we know what it is? From the time that Asaf lamented, "There is no longer a prophet in Israel and no one among us knows to what" (Tehillim 74:9), no one among us knows the nature of prophecy or the nature of seeing the visions of Hashem. Only one who merited to be exposed to the Divine Presence will know what its nature is."
Rashi uses the opportunity to teach a moral lesson. Bnei Yisrael would receive at night a realization that Hashem has the ability to fulfill their desires and provide meat. However, since the request of meat was done improperly they would experience it without "a shining face," whereas by day, they would receive bread along with the glory of Hashem, as the bread would fall with love. According to this approach, the glory of Hashem once refers to a sign of love and another time refers to Divine Revelation. But why does the Torah use confusing terminology?
K’vod Hashem appears in several contexts of this era, including Mt. Sinai, the kohanim’s clothing, and the events in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The Ramban (to Bereishit 18:1) connects between k’vod Hashem and Hashem’s relationship with those close to Him in regard to His visit of Avraham. Avraham, he says, was not trying to receive prophecy at that moment, yet Hashem appeared to him in a vision. This honored Avraham and showed his stature, just as Hashem’s Presence honored Bnei Yisrael at the Mishkan, when their efforts to erect it made them so deserving.
According to the Ramban’s approach, not only did Hashem find Bnei Yisrael worthy of grace at historically positive times, but even when they had complaints, they deserved grace when they handled themselves properly. Turning the right way, one could see the Presence in the cloud. In these difficult days, which seem to be days of darkness and haze, we should remember that behind the cloud there is always a great light.
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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)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
