This also gives a fuller meaning to the
term given for the exodus: Yetzias Mitzrayim. This literally means “the exit of
Egypt”, but if we take into consideration
what we learned from the Vilna Gaon,
there were really 50 mini-exoduses, so how
can we call one day the actual exit from
Egypt? But the answer is clear now. That
first day of Pesach was a full yetzia, a full
exit, where we experienced a quality of life
that was as far away from Mitzrayim as
humanly possible. That, however, was just
a once-off taste of perfection. The 50 miniyetzias started after that initial illumination. Then began our turn to work and
strive to achieve what we saw was possible.
This concept is also visible on an individual basis, as each one of us embarks on
a new avenue of serving Hashem. When
we start off on a new path or endeavour,
in those early stages we are given the
strength to carry ourselves along that
path for a long time. Often the initial
feeling is excitement, enjoyment, or satis-
OFTEN THE INITIAL FEELING IS EXCITEMENT,
ENJOYMENT, OR SATISFACTION, BUT SOON THEREAFTER
THOSE FEELINGS DIE DOWN AND, IN ORDER TO KEEP ON
GOING, WE ARE EXPECTED TO REMEMBER HOW IT USED TO
FEEL, TO MOTIVATE US UNTIL WE FINALLY ARRIVE AT A
STAGE WHERE WE FEEL THAT EXCITEMENT AND
ENJOYMENT ALL THE TIME.
faction, but soon thereafter those feelings
die down and, in order to keep on going,
we are expected to remember how it used
to feel, to motivate us until we finally arrive at a stage where we feel that excitement and enjoyment all the time. That is
hard, but that is how we achieve success.
Chazal tell us (Shemos Rabah 19:6) that
while our exodus from Egypt was through
chipazon, our future redemption will not
be done that way, as it says in Yishaya
(52:12): “But you will not leave in haste
(chipazon) or go in flight”. Perhaps, with
this new understanding, we can explain
that while we were given a sneak peak on
the first day of Pesach to help sustain us
through our slow process of perfection
RE: THE LATE DANIEL COPANS
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donated funds towards the considerable medical costs incurred
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that followed, in the future, our redemption will not be a limited sneak peak, or a
run-up to another event, but rather it will
be an experience that lasts forever. It will
be the final event, the one we all hope for.
We all need to appreciate that on the
holy day of Pesach, we are given the spiritual fuel to help us through the next 50
days of avodah, till we reach the peak of
Har Sinai, and the peak of our perfection.
The more we plug into the Source of holiness on that first day of Pesach, the day of
our full exodus experience, the more
equipped we are to achieve the most magnificent results in the days that follow. JL
Based on an article by Rav Gedalia Schorr Ztz”l