Parshas Beshalach 5785
- Torah Tavlin
- Feb 6
- 2 min read
והיה ביום הששי והכינו את אשר יביאו והיה משנה על אשר ילקטו יום יום ... (טז-ה)
Klal Yisroel, during its travels through the hot and winding desert, was sustained by the heavenly, miraculous mann. The posukim describe how each Friday morning, the regular portion of mann would be collected by the Jewish people, only to find that it had doubled לכבוד שבת, for on the day of Shabbos itself, the day of rest, no mann descended. “And it shall be on the sixth day that when they prepare what they will bring ... Moshe and Aharon said to the children of Israel, [In the] evening you will know ... And [in the] morning, you shall see the glory of Hashem when He hears your complaints against Him...”
Perhaps we can explain these posukim al pi drush, homiletically. Chazal teach us that Olam Hazeh is likened to erev Shabbos while Olam Haba is compared to Shabbos. Hence, the well-known maxim, "מי שטרח בערב שבת יאכל בשבת".
On that note the posuk then reads as follows: On the 6th day - Olam Hazeh - "והיה ביום הששי והכינו" - prepare yourselves with צידה לדרך for Shabbos - the next world. Hashem, in His infinite kindness, will measure every minute effort expended on His behalf. Thus, it is possible that you will receive double - "והיה משנה". In addition, not only for the קיום מעשה will you be rewarded, but even for the שב ואל תעשה, each time you abstain from transgressing an aveira you we get rewarded.
Then the posuk continues with a powerful idea. This world is cloaked in darkness and secrecy and yet we complain about it. The truth is, though, that we don’t know what is truly good for us. Something may appear to us as being harsh, a gezeira or a tzara, but in reality it is beneficial. Hence says the Torah: "ערב... ובקר" - when you get up to שמים it will be clear as day that all your תלנתיכם - - complaining, was in vain. Through this, the proper כבוד ה' will be revealed.
Similarly, when Moshiach arrives, all past events will also become clear, and we will see that כל מה דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד. All that Hashem does is good. Yehi ratzon that we are zoche to witness this very soon, בעזרת ה'.