[Avodah] 100 kolot and sisera's mother

[Eli Turkel]

<<Anyone know of an explanation of the connection of blowing
: the shofar with the weeping of Sisera's mother?

I thought it made a great point. Rachamnus is associated with rachem,
which may even be one of the reasons a tefillah for someone in distress
(usually a choleh) uses the mother's name. We beseech the Kel Melekh yosheiv
al kisei rachamim by associating the sound of shofar with a mother's cry. If
even the mother of someone as crass and power-hungry as Sisera would weep so
desperately for her child, can we expect the Av haRachaman to coldly ignore
the cry? >>

An interesting case of how opposite derashot can have meaning. As Nachman
referenced RYBS asscoiates RH with fear "pachad". We don't know what the
next moment will bring. Sisera's mother was confident in her son's victorius
return but had this fear at the back of her mind that perhaps it
happen this time.
The 100 kolot remind us not to be complacent.
For RYBS this is a lesson for out teshuva rather than the prayer that
Micha suggest

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Eli Turkel