I did write back in Parshas Vaeira part of this vort, but it is kdai to repeat.
We always hear, from Chazal, how it is so important to Daven what is on your heart, and really express what is on your mind. One of the biggest proofs of this, is from Moshe Rabeinu. Hashem tells Moshe, “I am going to destroy the Jewish Nation, because of the sin of the Golden Calf. I am then going to start a new nation from you and your children.” Moshe cries out, “Hashem, Calm down, return from Your anger, if You are going to wipe out the nation then do not put my name anywhere in the Torah.”
Hold on a second, did Moshe just start telling the Borei Olam, the creator of the world, what to do? How could he do such a thing? Shouldn’t it be that if you dare open your mouth like that, a lightning bolt should come down and kill you on the spot!!! “How dare you talk to the Creator like that.”
Instead, G-d says, “You are correct as you have spoken!!!!”
G-d wants to know what is in the deepest depths of our minds and hearts. Really, He knows it, but He wants to hear it from us, in a way like never before, with some good “Holy Chutzpa”.
Good Shabbos to all,
Zevi