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the Yetzer Hara,the Yetzer Hara becomes subservient to him and under
his control.
The fulfillment of Torah and mitzvot contains an element of servitude, as
is evident from the laws pertaining to the Jewish slave. If he chooses not
to go free in the seventh year, his master must bore a hole through his ear
by the doorpost. This signifies that the ear that heard on Har Sinai “For
the Children of Israel are slaves to Me,” but became subservient to another
master, deserves to be pierced through.
In the Shacharit prayer of Shabbat we say, “Moshe rejoiced in the gift
of his portion: that You called him a faithful servant.” Moshe Rabbeinu
felt deep satisfaction that Hashem referred to him as “a servant of
Hashem.”
Servants are exceptionally close to the king, because they are constantly
in his presence. Therefore the title “servant” that was given to Moshe
indicates his close relationship with Hashem. Furthermore, just as a
servant is privy to the secrets of the king, likewise, Moshe Rabbeinu was
privy to all the secrets of the Torah.
The laws of the Jewish slave immediately follow the account of Matan
Torah, even though they would only be applicable after the building of
the Beit Hamikdash, in order to teach that from the moment that they had
accepted the Torah, Bnei Yisrael were obligated to become subservient
Why does the Torah specifically mention that “Hashem spoke to Moshe only to Hashem, without seeking other masters for themselves. A person
on Har Sinai?” Rashi explains that it teaches the following lesson. Just who frees himself from the service of Hashem becomes subjugated to his
as the mitzvah of shemittah was transmitted with all its fine details on passions and may eventually steal and consequently be sold as a slave.
Har Sinai, so too, all the mitzvot, including all their details were given
there.
Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira reveals that the word (Behar) and the
word (secret) share the same numerical value of 207. This indicates that
all the secrets of the Torah were transmitted by Moshe Rabbeinu at Har
Sinai. Themoreapersondelvesintothe Torah, the moreherevealsits
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