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Just as Moshe assembled the entire nation, so too, on the Day of
Judgment, all stand before Hashem. The Ba’al HaTanya writes that
there are ten levels of people in Am Yisrael. Just as the head cannot
exist without the foot, so does the tzaddik need the rasha to absorb
the kelippah.
The world was created on the 25th of Elul. Why, then, do we recite
“Today is the beginning of the world” on Rosh Hashanah? Because that
is the day when Adam was created. We read this passage after blowing
the shofar, as the shofar hints to character improvement. Man’s main
objective in this world is to perfect his character.
When Hashem distinguished between the upper and lower waters, the
lower waters complained that they were distanced from the Shechinah.
Hashem appeased them by saying that they would become elevated
through the nisuch hamayim, just like the upper waters. This should teach
us a lesson. If the inanimate waters wished to come closer to Hashem, how
much more should we pine for His closeness. We can accomplish this by
means of a personal nisuch hamayim, an allusion to sanctifying the
mundane to lofty heights.
The words “all of you” include all of Creation, for everything is
brought to judgment on Rosh Hashanah. The entire world depends on
the deeds of Bnei Yisrael. Their merits grant goodness and their
wrongdoings, destruction.
Moshe alluded to unity, a central aspect of Judaism. “All of you” are
gathered here, regardless of status, and all are mutually accountable.
The letters of the word (You) can be transposed to spell the word
(truth). Am Yisrael could not deny the blatant truth of the miracles
of Egypt and the Wilderness. Although this was a new generation which
had seen the above-mentioned miracles, they were raised with the
awareness of these wonders, akin to having experienced them
themselves. All of the miracles in the Wilderness were witnessed by this
generation. The miracles of the manna, and others, certainly gave them
food for thought.
Why does the Torah say that Moshe summoned the nation when he had
been speaking with them all along? He wished to impart a new message,
and therefore raised his voice, similar to calling them together again.
Why did Moshe say, “But Hashem did not give you a heart to know, or
eyes to see?” Bnei Yisrael saw the wonders in the Wilderness with their
very own eyes! It was in order to sharpen their awareness that Hashem’s
Presence calls out from every corner. Physical organs are unnecessary in
order to sense it.
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