Bs”d
Parshas Matos (5765)
by Mordechai Dolinsky
The message that the Torah relates by placing the husband and father in charge of the vows of their wife or daughter, is the general spiritual responsibility of the husband and father in the home. The women are blessed with “bina yesaira”, an abundance of wisdom that a husband should acknowledge and respect, but every ship has one captain.
Clal Yisroel worldwide is ushering in our mourning period for the Churban. It would be appropo to dedicate a few moments daily to mourn over the desecration of the honor of Hashem and His nation. It would be proper at this time to recharge our appreciation and value for Eretz Yisrael, the palace of Hashem; for the zechus to tred upon the holy of holies, His very “home”. It is so easy to forget with today’s modernization and advancement of technology; treading on the avenues of asphalt, surrounded by an up-to-date way of life.
Since the churban, our idealists have returned to the “palace” but with years of intensive uplifting spiritual preparation to be worthy to tread upon the holy earth to say nothing of the perilous journey and impossible conditions they were subjected to upon their arrival.
Let’s contemplate, meditate and appreciate that we are worthy to be at the holy of holies in the universe, and let us mourn for the desecration of the glory of Hashem and yearn for His honor and glory to be restored through the coming of Moshiach.
Have a wonderful Shabbos.