Parshas Re’ay

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Parshas Re’ay (5772)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

In dealing with the instigating of avodah zarah the pasuk 14 refers to him as a belial, he threw off the yoke of Hashem. If he is spreading idol worship of course he is belial. The secret here is that he threw off the yoke of Hashem before the avoda zara, Hashem who is so clear and so obvious and so close he pushed away and then he is open to everthing.

The pasuk 13:1 says that we are forbidden to rip our hair in mourning for a close one. It seems from the pasuk this is because Hashem is our real father. However Rashi explains the real significance is that since we are Hashem’s children we have to look like princes. We must conduct ourselves like the true children of the King of Kings.

Have a fulfilling Shabbos and fulfilling Chodesh.