B"H
Kislev 14, 5766 * December 15, 2005
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F R I D A Y N I G H T F O R Y O U N G P E O P L E
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Parshat Vayishlach
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Super-Ben
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It was a quiet day at the Cohen house, the children were at school learning hard and every thing seemed so peaceful. The clock ticked quietly.
Suddenly two boys came crashing in through the front door, running through the hallway up the stairs towards a door marked "Benny".
"I have got to show you my new outfit" one of them said breathlessly to the other, opening the door marked "Benny". The boys went inside and the door slammed shut. Two minutes later the door opened again and a loud voice could be heard:
"DAD, MOM, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SUPERBEN, BY DAY THE SWEET LOOKING CHILD SITS LIKE ALL OTHER BOYS THROUGH MATH LESSONS AND WHAT NOT, BUT AS HE GETS HOME EVERY EVENING A TRANSFORMATION OCCURS…"
Puzzled by the strange sound of shouting, Ben's big sister, Sarah, came out of her room and peered through the open door into his. "What are you wearing!?" was the first thing she could think of to say, after her initial shock.
In front of her was her little brother standing on a chair in his room draped in a kind of golden velvet curtain. He seemed to be in the middle of announcing the destruction of mankind. His little school friend stood by his side, looking on admiringly. Sarah shook her head slowly in disbelief.
"Oh" Ben said, startled but not at all shaken "in school we learnt about the two aspects of Jacob, you see about half way through the Sedra he gets a new name, Israel, and strangely enough we find that he still retains his old name. The two names express the two aspects in himself".
"The Jacob aspect" Ben's friend said, turning to Sarah with a smile, "expresses the way he was in the world without getting any obvious extra help from G-d. He had to struggle. He went through all kinds of things, struggling hard. Like trying to get the blessings from his father Isaac. These blessings would give him the power to transform bad things into good."
"But the Israel side, " Ben said, chuckling, "the Israel side was different. G-d gave him the name Israel to show that his father's blessings were really meant for him in the first place, he just had to do something in order to deserve it. And when G-d gave him his new name, Israel, to show that the blessing was meant for him all along".
"Now I am in Israel mode," Ben explained. "During the day I was in the Jacob mode, working in school in the normal manner to provide the answers for the math questions, and when I get home G-d gives me all the answers without me even trying".
Draped in the golden velvet curtain, he stretched his arms towards the ceiling, expressing gratitude to G-d.
"I seeee," his sister said, rolling her eyes and thinking. "There was always something special about this one".
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