“I am a Chabad chossid, and I come from a family of shluchim. Our Rebbe’s motto is that the geulah won’t happen until every single Yid comes along with Moshiach. In other words, no Jew gets left behind.” I turned around on the stool, I put my fingers on the keys and sang, 🎵“No Jew will be left behind….”🎵
His music moved us, his stories inspired us, and his love for life and for those who lived it obligated all who knew him to live a life worth living – to make a difference in the world with the gifts that we were given.
When Shabbos arrives, the secret of song is revealed and together, we rejoice in the harmony of the Master Conductor.
This Shabbos coincides with Rosh Chodesh, and we will recite Hallel to praise and thank Hashem – for the past, present and the future – for redeeming us and sustaining us with His abundant kindness. Kapital 118, for example, speaks prophetically of the Redemption, and describes the praise and thanks that will be sung then by the ingathered exiles. It describes our trust in Hashem, and our firm belief in His salvation regardless of the situation.
We have a mitzvah to remember Yetziyas Mitzrayim every single day – it is a mitzvah that profoundly permeates our individual practices, as well as our collective Jewish consciousness. At the core of this crucial commandment is the eternal mission of the Jew: to perceive and appreciate the undeniable presence of the Yad Hashem in each and every aspect of his life. With just a little training, one can see Hashem’s clear and undeniable orchestration in practically all of existence.
Once the sun dips beneath the trees, the usual city noises are increasingly muted and are replaced with a certain calm and tranquility. The wind starts to whistle to a different tune and the birds begin to sing a slightly different song. Nature itself looks and sounds different the minute the Shabbos Queen arrives.
The sun is rising, the birds are chirping; it’s a brand new day! A day filled with opportunity and excitement! Sure, it’s warmer under the covers… and I could always catch a later minyan…
In this song we proclaim that even if our mouths were filled with song like the ocean, and our tongues alive with exultation like the waters’ waves, our praise for Hashem would still not suffice!