I Don't Need Your (Empty) Bekitche

0:00This Torah class is brought to you by Torahanytime.com These weeks, we read about the life and the greatness of Moshe Rabenu. In fact, Moshe's name is mentioned in every parasha beginning from parasha to Moshe until the end of the Torah. Except for one parasha. So the greatest man who ever lived, the leader of Khai Israel, why is he called Moshe Rabenu and not Rabenu Moshe? Similarly, we can ask, Arama Vinu, Yitzhak Avinu, Yaka Vinu, Harnakoyan, Tawaramellach, why the name first and only then the title? In the secular world, they say King David, they say our patriarch, our father, Arama. So why don't we say Rabenu Moshe, our teacher Moshe, the way titles usually work? Like Professor Einstein, Dr. Goldstein, President Trump, General Eisenhower, the title always precedes the name. So why Moshe Rabenu? And perhaps this is teaching us something very profound.

1:01There are people who first crown themselves with the title and only afterward hope to grow into it. They coordinate themselves with a lofty position and only later hope to become worthy of the lofty position and the title they have already bestowed upon themselves. They buy themselves a huge backature with fur around the collar and hope that one day the person inside will be worthy of the garment. They wear the backature and hope that the person inside will eventually catch up to the clothing on the outside. But Moshe was first Moshe. The title says, the ish Moshe Anavmoid. First and foremost, he worked on becoming an ish, on being a match. And only then did he become Moshe. He worked on his midoes, he worked on his humility, on his clarity, on his complete devotion to understanding and teaching Hashem's Torah. And then almost by a smosis he became Rabenu. Rabenu was not something he took or crowned himself with. It was something others bestowed upon him. He was first Moshe and only then Rabenu.

2:06Similarly, Aharn did not begin his life trying to become the Khangadol. First he was Oyev Shalom or Oidv Shalom. He worked to bring peace and harmony to Khayy Israel. And only then did he become Aharnakayin. Aram did not go to college trying to become the patriarch of Khayy Israel. First he set out to discover the origins of creation and the creator himself. He taught the world about Aboir Ailem. And that earned him the title of Inu. There's much talk today about whether Hashem needs your backache or he does need your backache. Nobody really knows the answer to that question. But one thing is certain, Hashem does not need an empty backache. If you are privileged enough to wear it, don't be satisfied with just wearing it. Fill the body inside with Torah, with midoes, with your Shemaim. Try to aspire to the people who came before you. Those who attained their positions after they attained their spiritual heights. This is the story he told about a reporter from the New York Times.

3:06He wants to ask Ramosha fine since that's all. Rabbi, how did you become the Godladder? How did you become the man, to whom all of Khayy Israel turned to, with the difficult silence in Allah Hanash Kafa? Ramosha told him, I didn't set out to become the poysik of the generation. And I certainly did not set out to become the Godladder. I learned the Dalat Khalkesh al-Hanarach and people felt confident enough to ask me questions. They liked how I answered them, so they told their friends. And their friends told their friends. And the rest, as they say, is history. And that is precisely our point. The greatness does not come from the titles that precede your accomplishments. It comes when your name earns the title. First you become Moisha and only then does the world call you Rabbeno. Because the title does not make greatness. Greatness makes the title. And now we know. Have a wonderful day. You've just experienced another Torah class.

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