This week we read Parshas HaChodesh, when Hashem showed Moshe and Aharon the form of the new moon, and explained how to sanctify the new month.
It goes on to discuss that Nissan should be the first month of our year, and that on the 14th day of that first month we are to celebrate Pesach.
This is the first Mitzva of the Jewish People, to be in control of time, and designate it according to our schedules, not the other way around.
It is only after this that we are commanded to observe Pesach, the symbol and celebration of Freedom.
If we put these ideas together, we understand that time is not supposed to rule us, forcing us into last-minute decisions and deadline-induced choices.
Rather, we must control our time, make decisions with forethought and peace of mind, and that will enable us to be free.
Just as the Jews who left Egypt were finally able to choose what to do with their time, no longer subject to their taskmasters, so are we all commanded to be in control of our time and use it for the glory of Heaven. That was not only our first Mitzvah, but one that we are to continually fulfill, every day.
Thought of the week:
Hashem needs no partners, but He is willing to take you into the business and show you the ropes. Learn well.
