Rosh HaYeshiva, Machon Meir
“Three require mercy: a good king, a good year, and a good dream. A good king requires mercy, as it says (Mishlei 21:1), “The heart of a king is in G-d’s hands.” (Berachot 55)
Rashi explains: “We need to request mercy that Israel should have a good king.” Indeed, the Jewish People have had good leaders and, unfortunately, bad leaders as well. As an example of a good leader, our sages mention Moses, who was privileged to increase the public merit, and the merit Israel attained was due to him. By contrast, the worst of leaders was Yeravam ben Nevat, who both sinned and led others to sin, and Israel’s sins were due to him. (Pirkei Avot 5:21)
Right now, we have to ask mercy from the King of Kings, who “crowns monarchs, and kingship is His” (Rosh Hashanah Liturgy), that the elected leadership of Israel should follow in the path of Moshe, and should be privileged to increase the public merit. Today, the Jewish People need great strengthening, and that strengthening can come through our all uniting together to face the challenges of the future and the existential dangers threatening the State of Israel from without and from within.
Like a tree whose branches unite at the roots, so to Israel. The more we delve deeply and link ourselves to our Jewish roots, the more we will be united and strengthened. The deeper the tree’s roots, the stronger it is to withstand the mighty storm. In our case as well, the deeper we delve into our roots, the stronger we will be able to stand against all those storm winds that threaten to uproot the tree from the earth.
By the same token, Israel’s spiritual elevation depends on all of Israel being as one man with one heart, like that generation that stood at Mount Sinai. Let us pray and seek mercy that the leadership of the Jewish People should be privileged to increase the public merit, and may there be peace in Israel.
Looking forward to salvation,
With blessings for a happy Chag Shavuot,
Shabbat Shalom.
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