בס”ד
This D’var Torah should be a Zechus L’Ilui Nishmas my sister, Kayla Rus Bas Bunim Tuvia A”H, my mother Chaya Rochel Bas Dovid Tzvi (Hareini Kaparas Mishkavah), my maternal grandfather Dovid Tzvi Ben Yosef Yochanan A”H, my maternal grandfather Dovid Tzvi Ben Yosef Yochanan A”H, my paternal grandfather Moshe Ben Yosef A”H, my paternal grandmother Channah Freidel Bas Avraham A”H, my uncle Reuven Nachum Ben Moshe & my great aunt Rivkah Sorah Bas Zev Yehuda HaKohein,
It should also be in Zechus L’Refuah Shileimah for:
-My father Bunim Tuvia Ben Channa Freidel
-My grandmother Shulamis Bas Etta
-MY BROTHER: MENACHEM MENDEL SHLOMO BEN CHAYA ROCHEL
-HaRav Shlomo Ben Shayna Zelda
-Mordechai Shlomo Ben Sarah Tili
-Noam Shmuel Ben Simcha
_R’ Simcha Yitzchak Ben Mirela Yudka
-Chaya Rochel Ettel Bas Shulamis
-And all of the Cholei Yisrael, especially those suffering from COVID-19 and the Meiron tragedy.
-It should also be a Z’chus for an Aliyah of the holy Neshamos of HaRav HaGa’on V’Sar HaTorah Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Ben HaRav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky A”H, Dovid Avraham Ben Chiya Kehas—R’ Dovid Winiarz ZT”L, Miriam Liba Bas Aharon—Rebbetzin Weiss A”H, as well as the Neshamos of those whose lives were taken by terrorists (Hashem Yikom Damam), COVID-19, and other tragedies.
-It should also be a Z’chus for success for Tzaha”l as well as the rest of Am Yisrael, in Eretz Yisrael and in the Galus.
פרשת בא
“Come with Me”
פַּרְשַׁת בֹּא is named after Hashem’s instructions to משֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ.
“Come to Pharaoh“-“בֹּא אֶל־פַּרְעֹה“
(We remember that the Shoresh בּ.ו.א means “come.”)
If you review the story from beginning to end, you will notice that every single time that Hashem wanted משֶׁה to meet פַּרְעֹה in his palace, He told him “בֹּא“-“Come.”
Question: But, why did Hashem tell משֶׁה to “come” to פַּרְעֹה? Shouldn’t Hashem have told Moshe to “go” to פַּרְעֹה? He could have said,
“לֵךְ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה“-“Go to Pharaoh.”
(We remember that the Shoresh ה.ל.כ means “go.” Whenever Hashem told משֶׁה to meet פַּרְעֹה by the Nile River, He used this word, “לֵךְ.”)
Answer: It’s a very scary thing to walk into the king’s palace uninvited, especially if the king doesn’t like you, doesn’t want to talk to you, and especially if you plan to tell the king something that he does not want to hear.
But, when Hashem said the word “בֹּא“-“come,” He was really telling משֶׁה “Come with Me. We will go together. You will not go alone.”
Life can be scary sometimes. But, if we’re on a mission to do what Hashem wants us to do, we’re not alone. Hashem comes with us.
Have a wonderful שבת!
Rabbi Eisenberg, Grade 3