--someone to guard one particularly swampy area of the border where no one is willing step in. The person said to the king: "This is not what i meant, I want to be a general or a minister" So the king told him this is what I need now, generals and ministers I already have. The rest is poshut: hashem says "I already have the torah and tefillah of the previous generations, now I need some heilige people like us all to step into the mud and do my work down there...

interveltnik wrote:


great mashal (the post before has the first half)!

the Torah answers this question by sayin': ki im l'yirah es Hashem.
I think some answer (that the Torah means): Hashem wants you to be the best person you can be at this very moment, with whatever tools you have to use and whatever nisyonos are thrown your way....to make the best possible decision at the moment. Makin' good positive decisions usually come about when one is thinkin' Godly.

b'hatzlachah

Just to point out klal yisrael in mitzrayim groaned from the hard work and then cried out to Hashem... 

Amazing post and reply’s I’m taking everything to heart and will review what was written until it’s part of me. Just what I needed to hear. Thanks for the chizuk and taking the time to share with us. 

wow wow wow