A Delay That Almost Destroyed The World (7 minutes)
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Transcript
1:29that Hashem encountered him, encountered Moshe, and sought to kill him. Hashem sent the Malach Hamavet to kill Moshe. So Tziporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to his feet, meaning to Moshe's feet, and she said, you, to the baby, you caused my bridegroom's bloodshed. meaning you almost caused my husband to die. So he released him, this Malach HaMavet released Moshe. Then she said, a bridegroom's bloodshed was because of circumcision. Interpretation: Moshe left Yitro's house and he says, listen, I just had a new baby. I know that Hashem said that on the eighth day I have to give him Brit Milah. But,
2:30If I perform the Brit Milah, I have to delay the trip that Hashem has commanded me to take right now by three days. So I would not be following Hashem's directive. However, if I do heed Hashem and proceed with the journey, I will end up in the desert. Performing a Brit Milah, which is a circumcision, in the desert is very risky. This is why during the 40 years that Am Yisrael wandered in the desert, Brit Milah was not performed. Consequently, as soon as we arrived in Eretz Yisrael, Yehoshua performed a Brit Milah for the entire nation of Israel. A lot of orlah, a lot of blood. It's a big mitzvah, a Kiddush Hashem. So Moshe Rabbeinu is trying to use his logic. He says, if I take my newborn son into the desert and I give him a Brit Milah, a circumcision, he's going to be in danger. Hashem doesn't want my son to die, so I'll delay it. Once I get to Egypt, then I'll do the Brit Milah. So on the eighth day, he's at the hotel and he's planning, he's...
3:31getting closer to Egypt, but it's that day, the eighth day. And he decides that he's not going to make the Brit Milah on that day because it's dangerous, and he's going to wait until he gets to Egypt and a few more days. Hashem, who has picked Moshe Rabbeinu to be the leader of Am Yisrael, the most important person in history, sends the Malach HaMavet to kill him. Why? Not because he wasn't going to do the Brit Milah. Because he postponed the timing, just the timing of the mitzvah. Not that he didn't do the mitzvah, and not that he didn't keep the brit milah. It was not that he was violating the brit either. He had his brit milah, his wife was kosher, he was kosher, and he was righteous. His other son had his brit milah, and for this son, he was planning to do the brit milah. Because Hashem knows his thoughts, we actually learn from this parasha, one of the sources that we know, that Hashem knows our thoughts. Because it says in Moshe's thoughts... And one of the things we know is that Hashem knows our thoughts. So Hashem knew that Moshe was planning to have the brit milah in a couple of days. So he was just postponing it, postponing the time. And yet, He sent the Malach HaMavet to kill him for postponing it. So my question is to you and anyone that's watching: If Moshe Rabbeinu was the most important man in history, he received the Torah, he spoke to Hashem face to face, then how can we, as Am Yisrael, not understand the gravity of delaying or violating a brit? What does this teach us about the importance of fulfilling mitzvot in their designated time?
5:01He went to Har Sinai. He went to Olam HaBa. He saw the future. He saw the past. No one is ever going to be like Moshe. No one ever was like Moshe. And Hashem sent the Malach HaMavet to kill him for postponing a mitzvah. For postponing a brit. So why is it so hard for Am Yisrael to believe they're not postponing a brit. They're violating a brit. whether it's the Brit Milah or the Brit of Shabbat, or the Brit of Tefillin, one who violates it incurs a much harsher punishment than death. If anyone was supposed to get a free pass, it would be Moshe Rabbeinu. Because, number one, he was planning on doing the mitzvah anyway. Hashem knew that. Number two, he's Moshe Rabbeinu. Here we have, not only are we not Moshe Rabbeinu, but we’re not even keeping the mitzvah. We're not even planning on doing it. Someone is Mechalel Shabbat, he’s not planning on keeping half the Shabbat. He’s planning on going to the beach, and then after that to the movies, and after that to the club, and the same thing next week. So he’s violating the brit. He’s not delaying it or postponing it. So if Hashem is outright telling you he’ll be here, He sent Malach HaMavet to kill him. And the only thing that saved him was...
6:29was that his wife, Tzipporah, realized it, and she did the brit herself. And that saved Moshe Rabbeinu's life. So that's the thing. Delaying the mitzvah almost got Moshe Rabbeinu killed. Violating a brit. Hashem yerachem. It's important to recognize how serious Shabbat, Tefillin, And all of the mitzvot are. And we'll learn much more next week. Baruch Adonai le'olam. Amen.
