parshat mishpatim

this relationship we’re in,

we’re in it with you,

we’re in it for the long haul.

sometimes we may want to say no,

this isn’t fair,

we didn’t sign up for this.

but, we did.

when we said, na’aseh v’nishmah,

we waived our right of protest.

sometimes you too may want to say no,

this isn’t fair.

you didn’t sign up for this,

but you did.

the blood of the covenant,

that you made with us,

sprinkled at your altar.

we are bound together,

you to us, us to you,

forget claims of who’s right, who’s wrong,

you’re ours and we are yours.

forever bound.

Parshat Mishpatim, February 3, 1940

The covenant is always reciprocal. Because we said, “We will do and we will listen” regarding observance of the Torah, even when we had the right to protest that we were being coerced, God was forced into the same kind of covenant. He must save us, even when protesting that He is being forced into so doing. And we, whether we are bound to do so or have the right to protest, will always worship God.

היינו שהקב"ה נתקשר בכריתת ברית בין אם יהיו ישראל זכאים וירצה הוא ית' להושיענו בין ח"ו לא תמיד יושיענו כי נעשה ונשמע על הקיום הי' ועל הקיום ישנה לנו תשובה של מודעה רבה לכן גם אז כרת הברית להושיענו וגם אנחנו בין כשנהיה מקושרים בין כשתהיה לנו תשובה תמיד נעבוד את ד