Shabbat: December 29, 2007/20 Tevet 5768
I'm especially interested in it, because this was the Torah portion for my birthday.
I had originally planned to spend more time studying the portion, and then writing a hopefully decent essay about it. I had also planned to continue doing this each week.
So far, I feel I have fallen short, but...that's not unlike how Moses felt when he was chosen to lead the Hebrews.
He believed that he wasn't good enough; he thought that HaShem should have chosen someone who was a better speaker, who was more charismatic, who was, well, not Moses. But, as we know, he was convinced otherwise by certain miracles. This is where we're very different; I don't have a staff, much less one that was turned into a snake before my eyes.
Even so, there are some important things that I need to learn as I begin my 28th year:
- Speak up for myself, when the situation calls for it
- Correct injustices happening around me
- Believe that I am capable of more than I know now
