Can Anyone Get A Free Pass From HaShem? (7 minutes )
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1:29that Hashem encountered him, encountered Moshe, and sought to kill him. Hashem sent the Malach HaMavet to kill Moshe. So Tzipora 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 of 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, if I have the Brit Milah, I have to delay the trip that Hashem told me to take right now. By three days. So I'm not listening to Hashem. But if I do listen to Hashem and I take him, I'm going to be in a desert. And giving a Brit, doing a circumcision in a desert is very dangerous. That's why during the 40 years Am Yisrael was in a desert, no one did Brit Milah. Which is the reason why, as soon as we got to Israel, Joshua made a Brit Milah for the entire nation of Israel.
2:30If I have the Brit Milah, I have to delay the trip that Hashem told me to take right now by three days. So, I'm not listening to Hashem. But if I do listen to Hashem and I take him, I'm going to be in the desert. And giving a Brit Milah, performing a circumcision, in the desert is very dangerous. That's why during the 40 years that Am Yisrael was in the desert, no one performed the Brit Milah. This is the reason why, as soon as we got to Eretz Yisrael, Joshua made a Brit Milah for the entire nation of Israel. A lot of orlah, a lot of blood. That's a big mitzvah, a Kiddush Hashem. Moshe Rabbeinu is trying to use his logic. He says, if I take my newborn son into the desert and perform the Brit Milah, the circumcision, he will be in danger. Hashem doesn't want my son to die, so I'll delay it. Once I get to Egypt, then I'll perform the Brit Milah. So, on the eighth day, he's at the inn, and he's planning.
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 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. It was not that he didn't intend to fulfill the mitzvah, nor that he didn't keep the brit, and it was not a violation of the brit. He had his brit; his wife was kosher; he was kosher; he was righteous. His other son had his brit. For this son, he was planning to do the brit. Hashem knows his thoughts. We actually learn from this parasha one of the sources that Hashem knows our thoughts, because it says in Moshe's thought... And one of the things we know is that Hashem knows our thoughts. So Hashem knew that Moshe was planning to have the Brit in a couple of days. So he was just postponing it, postponing the time. And He sent 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, why was such a severe punishment deemed necessary for merely postponing a mitzvah? This emphasizes the critical nature of mitzvot and the importance of following them without delay, as taught by our sages.
5:01He went to Mount 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 just 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 receives 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 is Moshe Rabbeinu himself. 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 has been Mechallel Shabbat; he's not planning on keeping even half of Shabbat. He's planning on going to the beach, and then after that to the movies, and after that to the club, and then repeating the same pattern next week. So he's violating the brit. He's not delaying it or postponing it. So if Hashem is outright telling you that He sent the Malach HaMavet to kill him, then the only thing that saved him...
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 got Moshe Rabbeinu almost killed. Violating a brit. Hashem yirachem. It's not Hashem that gets people to think of how serious Shabbat, Tefillin, And all of the mitzvot are important for us to follow and understand. Through delving into their significance, we deepen our connection to Hashem and align ourselves with His divine will. And we'll learn much more next week. Baruch Adonai Le'olam Amen v'Amen.
