Rabbi Eisemann on the Weekly Parasha
Parshas Naso – Working on Our Posture
Just about every single Yom Tov in our calendar comes along with its own cheftza shel mitzvah. In a very large way, these items put the Yom Tov into a framework for us. It is through the intensive preparations of these items before the Yom Tov as well as the correct usage of them on the Yom Tov that we are capable of properly celebrating the day and maximizing what we are capable of taking away from it. Who could imagine a Pesach without the weeks-long preparation of ridding the house of chametz, and the many more months-long preparations of making the matzah! What would a Succos be like without spending many long hours on putting up the succah, finding a spotless Esrog and a Lulav whose t’yomes is sealed far tighter than even the most classified government documents! Can you imagine a Rosh Hashana without a shofar? Yom Kippur without fasting? Chanuka without a menorah or Purim without a megillah?
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