Last week I had the pleasure and the privilege to attend the Aufruf of the son of my very dear and beloved friends in Manhattan. It was indeed a glorious 'happening' for everyone. I was asked to speak and deliver a 'Message of Torah' to the assemblage and especially to the Chatan and Kallah. After delivering my message a young man approached with a probing question "Who do you think was greater Moshe Rabbeinu or Avraham Aveinu?" I thought for a moment and recalled that the Rav Rabbi Soloveitchik tz'l addressed that same question.
Tha Rav made a distinction between the relationship that these two great personalities had with G-D.
The Rav said that Avraham discovered G-D in the constellations, not through a miracle. Avrahams life is not centered around a life of miracles , Avraham was a person who searched for Hashem and discovered Him in the nature of the world.
He saw Hashem in the stars and in the sun and in the moon. In essence, Avraham found G-d after much deliberation and soul searching.
Moshe, on the other hand, was found by Hashem. Moshe did not seek out G-D, Hashem found Moshe and summoned him to be the leader of the Jewish People and to redeem them from slavery.
The Rav enunciated that Moshe's relationship with G-D was different from Avrahams experience with Hashem. Avraham acquired G-D, while G-D acquired Moshe and became the עבד השם, the servant of G-D par excellence. Eventually Moshe also began to seek and search for the essence of G-D as Avraham did.
Our lesson is simplistic and at the same time profound. We need to search for G-D whatever way possible and In this sincere search not only will we find Hashem , but more so, G-D Himself will beckon for our rendezvous with Him and continue to shower His Blessings upon us .
Yasher koach - yes very profound. We can benefit by looking for G-d in nature also with a simple walk in a park or forest and talking to G-d in our own words.
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