Parshas Naso 5786
- Torah Tavlin
- May 28
- 2 min read
ויהי ביום כלות משה להקים את המשכן וימשח אתו ויקדש אתו ואת כל כליו ... (ז-א)
Chazal say that the word "כּלות" is written with a pasach under the "כּ", and not the expected sh’va. It hints to the word"כּלה" - a bride. Upon the culmination of the building of the Mishkan, Klal Yisroel was likened to a kallah going to her chuppah. Yet, obviously, this wasn’t the end. Rather it was just the beginning of the עבודת הקרבנות.
Says R’ Elazar Menachem Mann Shach zt”l, by a yid there’s no such thing as an end. Life is one continuous project of avodas Hashem. And that is exactly the connection to the kallah. Just as a kallah “ends” her childhood years as she stands under the chuppah; that end is but a stepping stone to the next level of her growth. So too was the Mishkan the stepping stone to our next level in עבודת ה'. For a yid, every seeming conclusion is really Hashem opening the door to a higher, deeper, and more refined stage of serving Him.
R’ Yeruchem Levovitz zt”l, the famed Mashgiach of pre-war Mir, would cringe when he heard a chosson exclaim, “Now I’m starting my life anew.” He would say: woe is to such a life that can just end like that. It might be a new chapter or page in your life but essentially it’s one continuous life as an eved Hashem.
Each Shabbos we proclaim "ויכלו השמים ... ויכל אלקים" - Hashem completed the creation of the world. But obviously that was not the end. It was the beginning of the world! The universe, in its entirety. That was a timeless lesson for all.
We just completed counting Sefiras Ha’omer, culminating with the Yom Tov of Shavuos, when we received the Torah. But we must realize that the "תמימות" of that mitzvah didn’t end anything! Rather we began the next chapter as avdei Hashem, being a מצווה ועושה; becoming truly committed bnei Torah.
This machshava should bezras Hashem accompany us as we navigate our way through life.