On video: Rabbi Shai Tahan (PR)
This coming Shabbat we will read in the synagogue Parshat Beshelach in which the Holy Torah tells us about one of the greatest moments in the history of the Jewish people - the exodus from Egypt.
The Torah says that after the children of Israel left Egypt, they arrived in the desert to a place called Mara.
And why is the place called Mara?
Because there was no fresh water suitable for drinking, but only bitter water.
And finally, the Holy One, blessed be He, performed a miracle and the water was sweetened.
asks Rabbi Shai Tahan, head of the Sha'ari Ezra community and head of the Arzi HaLebanon teaching house in his weekly column;
After all, the water was finally sweetened and why did the place remain bitter - in a negative way?
Rabbi Tahan replied with an answer that has an important basis for life.
According to him, when a person is upstairs - he is not disturbed by all the background noises and nicknames.
He is strong and solid enough that it doesn't matter what they call him.
That's why in Mera, where ten mitzvot were commanded, the place remains in the name of Mera.
An example of speaking, Rabbi Tahan illustrates, is a person on a plane.
Before take off, everything looks bigger than the window, but when the plane goes up and takes off, the higher it is - so everything looks smaller than the window.
Because when a person is really on top - everything seems small to him.
Aryeh Zamir, submitted on behalf of Shoba Israel
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