Everyone a Peacemaker - Behaaloscha Newsletter

Noach Karp
Jun 13
3 min read

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Aharon did so: toward the face of the Menorah he lit its lamps, just as Hashem commanded

Moshe. (8:3)

Aharon Hakohen was highly regarded for his outstanding ability to make peace between people. He was involved in settling so many domestic disputes that when he died, the Midrash tells us that 80,000 boys named Aharon walked in the funeral procession! These were all the babies born

after Aharon had brought peace back into the lives of their parents and were named Aharon as an expression of their appreciation!

How did he do it? What was the secret to Aharon's success?

The Mashgiach, Rav Shloime Wolbe ztl, explains that Aharon Hakohen felt

their pain! It wasn't distant from him; their pain was his pain.

The only way one can truly help someone is if he feels the other person's pain and anguish! When a person is undergoing a trying moment in life, he really is experiencing a double tragedy. Aside from the problem itself, he must also deal with the loneliness and helplessness he feels because of the situation. He looks around and sees other people smiling, laughing.

enjoying life-and he feels so alone, so different and so left out. Rav Wolbe

says, if someone would take the time to listen to the person pour out his heart and try to empathize and feel the pain of his fellow Jew, he will have alleviated the more severe aspect of the problem, and he gives his friend strength so that the difficulty itself becomes manageable!

Our sages tell us that Aharon Hakohen merited to wear the Choshen (Breastplate) over his heart, which allowed him to receive direct responses from Hashem, because he truly felt the heart of the people. It was

also, perhaps, the reason he was chosen to light the lamps in the Beis Hamikdash - because he brought so much light, peace and harmony into the lives of his fellow Jews.

How is our sensitivity meter doing? Does it need some calibration? Are we feeling what others need or only what we want or want them to feel?

It's so interesting, as I write this up I'm actually having my pacemaker checked to make sure it's doing everything it's supposed to. Literally checking my heart.....

May we all merit to open our hearts, minds, hands and time for ourselves and others. When we all do this the world will be a different place and Hashem's hand will be seen by all.

Have an amazing Shabbos!

Noach, Miriam and The Whole Karp Family

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