Tonight we
will be celebrating the ending of Pesach, also known as Shvi Shel Pesach. On
this night, we commemorate the splitting of the Sea of Reeds.
Exodus 7:15 And GOD said to Moses: “Why are the
Israelites crying? Tell them they shoud go forward.”
The Midrash tells us that the
Israelites refused to go forward, that they were too scared to head into the
water. Until Nachshon Ben Aminadav walked into the raging sea. He kept walking
in as if it were dry land already. He walked and when the waters hit his
nostrils and he could no longer breath, the miracle happened, and the sea
parted.
Each and
every one of us has times when we stand facing the sea. The water stands before
us, our complicated past behind us, and the dessert and it’s wilderness on either
side.
We have no
idea how we can possible go through this particular hurdle. Whether it is a health
crisis, financial challenge, raising children, being in partnership, being
single, losing someone we love, starting something new, ending something
comfortable…
We can’t
see the shore, so we don’t believe that we will ever get there. We believe that
we have nowhere to turn. Out of frustration, vulnerability, exhaustion and fear
we often lose our faith.
I bless us
all with the strength of Nachshon, to walk into our lives as if the sea is
already split, to plod along even when the water reaches our necks, and to be
gifted with the ability to stand on the other side and sing shira - that
special song the Israelites sang when they all made it to dry land.
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UPCOMING EVENT:
A New Workshop:
Bullying: Healing the Silent Aftermath
Two Different Days:
Saturday 4/22/17 - OR - Sunday 4/30/17
9:30am - 5:00pm Breakfast, Lunch and Snack provided
140 Prospect Ave, suite #2, Hackensack NJ
