Yom Shevi'i Shalom,
If you are someone who likes to listen to classical music as much as I do, then you will probably know that every instruments in that particular orchestra has an important role to play. The Violin almost leads the congregation and the Double Bass strengthened the bass sound, enabling a richer and warm tone to penetrate the atmosphere. If a Triangle is included, its sharp piercing sound enables us to listen to it clearly. A simple 'ting' would be heard far away, sometimes without a microphone.
Sometimes, life is just as simple as this: working together to create perfect harmony. Just as instruments playing coherently will produce the most wonderful of music; so is life, when every
player strive to make this world into a better one. Why Does HaShem wants a Nation to spread His Wonderful Teaching i.e. the Torah? Why not an individual? Why the need to make the whole Nation sees the Giving of the Torah? All these questions will be answered if we see it this way: Unity is strength. No individual can accomplish what a group or nation can establish; this is the way of HaShem.
In unity we find strength, in a lot of things we see this in working in principle. In nature, if one cell goes haywire, the whole organism crumble. If a species fail, the whole ecosystem nullified. This is the importance of coherence... Always trying to accomplish one goal; together.
The what about the other instruments in the Orchestra? What can they taught us?
One very important thing is this: In an orchestra, the big things don't really sound big and the small things don''t really sound small... The Triangle is a very small, humbled instrument but when you strike it, it can be listened from miles... However, the function of the double bass is to strengthen the bass sound and could easily be droned by the other instruments. The lesson here? Be humble and HaShem will exalt you! The most humblest person alive is Moshe Rabbeinu, and what does he merit? The Torah! What is more than the Torah?
So? The lesson is, exalt yourself! What? That is snobbish!!! No, don't just exalt yourself, be humble and fulfil your greatest potential, ironically, by lowering yourself. This is the most exalted of all... May all of us learn from this. Amen.
p.s. Hope I am not too horrible in presenting my view. All of this is purely my view and if I am wrong, do correct me. :-)
Shalom,
Henri Lai
If you are someone who likes to listen to classical music as much as I do, then you will probably know that every instruments in that particular orchestra has an important role to play. The Violin almost leads the congregation and the Double Bass strengthened the bass sound, enabling a richer and warm tone to penetrate the atmosphere. If a Triangle is included, its sharp piercing sound enables us to listen to it clearly. A simple 'ting' would be heard far away, sometimes without a microphone.
Sometimes, life is just as simple as this: working together to create perfect harmony. Just as instruments playing coherently will produce the most wonderful of music; so is life, when every
player strive to make this world into a better one. Why Does HaShem wants a Nation to spread His Wonderful Teaching i.e. the Torah? Why not an individual? Why the need to make the whole Nation sees the Giving of the Torah? All these questions will be answered if we see it this way: Unity is strength. No individual can accomplish what a group or nation can establish; this is the way of HaShem.In unity we find strength, in a lot of things we see this in working in principle. In nature, if one cell goes haywire, the whole organism crumble. If a species fail, the whole ecosystem nullified. This is the importance of coherence... Always trying to accomplish one goal; together.
The what about the other instruments in the Orchestra? What can they taught us?
One very important thing is this: In an orchestra, the big things don't really sound big and the small things don''t really sound small... The Triangle is a very small, humbled instrument but when you strike it, it can be listened from miles... However, the function of the double bass is to strengthen the bass sound and could easily be droned by the other instruments. The lesson here? Be humble and HaShem will exalt you! The most humblest person alive is Moshe Rabbeinu, and what does he merit? The Torah! What is more than the Torah?
So? The lesson is, exalt yourself! What? That is snobbish!!! No, don't just exalt yourself, be humble and fulfil your greatest potential, ironically, by lowering yourself. This is the most exalted of all... May all of us learn from this. Amen.
p.s. Hope I am not too horrible in presenting my view. All of this is purely my view and if I am wrong, do correct me. :-)
Shalom,
Henri Lai
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