Before It's Too Late - Parshat Vezot Haberacha*

I procrastinate. I am not necessarily proud of it. But I procrastinate.

I understand I am not alone in this practice. Other people share this issue with me. Sometimes it doesn’t make a difference. Sometimes it does. And we pay a price for it.

We try and learn and sometimes it works. And sometimes it doesn’t. And we pay a price for it.

Moshe was not willing to pay that price. He knew, according to Rashi1, that he was living his last day. This was his last chance. So this week's parsha, Vezot Haberacha, tells of the blessings Moshe gave to the children of Israel before his death.2 Rashi points out here that it was now or never. Moshe realized that if he wanted to leave his people with a bracha, he had to do it 'here and now'.

When I started writing this blog at the beginning of last year, right after Sukkot, I had already missed Bereishis. I could have waited until this year and start from the beginning, from Bereishis, but I decided to get started. I was motivated and now almost a year later, I can look back and see what has been accomplished.

I still procrastinate on some things. And at each moment I can make the decision to change. Each moment has its own meaning, its own power and its own potential.3 But the really important things must take preference. Are we motivated? Let us start. Before it's too late. Let us make our lives worthwhile and something we can be proud of.

 

P.S. I would like to thank Hashem for helping me finish this first year of logoParsha. It has been a wonderful experience sharing the thoughts on the parsha and the ability to find hints of meaning in every parsha.

Thank you to the readers who consistently read the blog over the year. Thank you also to those who commented either in person or on the site.

Thank you to my wife, Reva, who helped with some of the wording and bouncing ideas around with me.

I wish health and continued good for all.

 

 FOOTNOTES

*Although Vezot Haberacha is not read on Shabbat, it is still considered the Parshat Hashavua

  1. Rashi - Devarim 33:1
  2. Devarim 33
  3. Viktor Frankl often discusses the meaning of the moment and our incredible and uplifting challenge to change and shape our own destiny.

 

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