[Avodah] THE NOT OF TEFILLIN

[Cantor Wolberg]

You will then have a vision of My back. My face, however, will not be  
seen. [Shmos 33:17-23]

In Brachos 7a, Rabbi Shimon Hasida explained that God revealed His  
back to Moses by showing him the knot of God's tefillah shel rosh.
An interesting symbolism is possible.  The tefillah shel yad has one  
parchment in one compartment with the four different sections of the  
Torah. The tefillah shel rosh has the same four sections of the Torah  
but in separate parchments each in its own compartment. It has been  
explained that when it comes to action, symbolized by the shel yad, we  
must be unified. However, when it comes to thinking, we have a right  
to disagree and think individually. Therefore, when God showed Moses  
the knot of the shel rosh, it suggested that God has allowed us the  
freedom to think individually. Nevertheless, as the knot of the shel  
rosh is bound tightly, so too, we Jews, must stand together, tightly  
bound, in spite of our differences and disagreements and NOT be  
disagreeable.

If we are able to achieve this, the chag of Purim will not allow our  
masks to deceive or disrespect each other, but rather enable us to  
give charitably as Purim mandates.

ri
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