QUESTION
On Shabbos Mevorchim we ask Hashem for a „ֹבוָכ¿ו ר∆ׁ ֹ̆ע ל∆ׁ ̆ יםƒיַח, a life of wealth and glory. But didn’t we learn that glory is something that is inappropriate to run after in this world?
ANSWER
Good question. Why do we ask for „ֹבוָכ ל∆ׁ ̆ יםƒיַח, a life of glory? The answer is this: We are not looking for glory; but we hope Hashem will help us behave in such a way that we deserve glory. If people will honor us because of our good character, we don’t mind. But it’s not the glory we want – we want to succeed in a life of behaving in such a way that we deserve kovod. Yes, I would like people to say, “Miller – he’s a nice fellow!” I would like that, yes. Because that means that most likely I did something that would please people. So you should do things in such a way that people should approve of you – but you’re not looking for kovod.
And so, in that tefillah we ask Hashem, “Please, give us a life of kovod; please help us this month so that we should behave in a dignified manner; decently and Torah’dik, and then we deserve to get kovod from people.”
Ah! If we succeed in doing that this upcoming month, then we’ll be very happy because that means that we’re living successfully.
And therefore Hakadosh Baruch Hu should give everybody here kovod in this world. He should give you long years of happiness. Everybody should be wealthy and healthy and have nachas from children and live long years. Brachah v’hatzlachah l’orech yamim tovim.
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