Ask Around Your Shabbos Table

In this week’s parsha, after Aaron HaCohen left this world, the entire Klal Yisroel cried because he was אוהב שלום ורודף שלום

Ask Around Your Table:

Why do we need to ask for peace twice in Kaddish: once in Aramaic יהא שלמא רבא and once in Loshon Hakodesh עושה שלום במרומיו הוא יעשה שלום עלינו ?

Answer: Chazal tell us: “Hashem found no vessel that retains blessing for the Jewish People better than peace” (Uktzin 3:12). We, therefore, need extra tefillos for shalom in Klal Yisroel. Perhaps that is why there is a “double request” for peace in Kaddish.

By the way, this “double request” should remind us that we ourselves should put in “double effort” to ensure that there is shalom in our homes and communities.