Rosh Hashanah: Hashem Sets Up Our Footsteps
- In Moadim
- Drasha
AI summary (may contain mistakes)
Hashem prepares the footsteps of man, and the avodah of Rosh Hashanah is to crown Him as King. From the rivers of Gan Eden to Nachor's sons and the matzah of Mitzrayim, Hashem sets things up long in advance. Our part is to show that we believe, to give tzedakah where Hashem says test Me, to prepare our own steps, perhaps with lists, and to remember that others watch our steps.
Key points
- Pishon, which Rashi identifies as the Nile, held the good gold Klal Yisrael would later take.
- Rashi notes Nachor's twelve sons, eight from his wife and four from a concubine, like Yaakov's.
- Rashi says the matzah from Mitzrayim tasted like the mann, so they ate mann forty years.
- Miriam watched to see how Hashem would save Moshe, and Mordechai's matching words show that certainty.
- Like it or not, each of us is an influencer who prepares the steps of others.
