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The word (He went) can be divided into the words (adding a letter # 26347-EYAL-6
) (Woe to me for going). Moshe was bemoaning the “goings” of
the people which were not for Hashem’s sake.
Parashat Vayelech is read on Shabbat Shuvah. There we read, “Return,
Israel, unto Hashem, your G-d.” One is exhorted to do teshuvah, to the
extent that he reaches a clear recognition of Hashem.
Adam Harishon taught us proper teshuvah. On the first Shabbat of
Creation, he repented and was forgiven. Being at peace with one’s Maker
“Moshe went and spoke these words to all of on Shabbat Shuvah affords him the opportunity to be in this state
Israel. He said to them: I am one hundred and throughout the year.
twenty years old today; I can no longer go out Why was man created specifically on the sixth day? Perhaps, had he
and come in, for Hashem has said to me: You been created earlier and developed a true appreciation for Creation, he
shall not cross this Jordan” would never have sinned. The sixth day of Creation hints to the sixth of
Sivan, when the Torah was given. The purpose of Creation is for the
(Devarim 31:1-2)
sake of accepting the Torah. The word (on the sixth), adding one
for the word itself, is numerically equivalent to 613. Adam was made
with 613 limbs, corresponding to the 613 mitzvot. Man’s purpose is to
perform mitzvot.

Had Adam been created earlier and sinned, who knows if Hashem would
have waited until he did teshuvah on Shabbat? He may have destroyed the
entire world on account of his sin.
The word “return” is stated about Hashem and about Am Yisrael. When
Am Yisrael sin, Hashem withholds His anger and does not punish them
immediately. But when the scales become too heavy in their discredit,
Hashem changes His mind, as it were, and brings them punishment as a
message that they overstepped the bounds.
The continuation of the haftarah “Take words with you and return to