Rabbi Elimelech Biderman
Hashem tells the navi, נחמו נחמו עמי, that he should console the nation. But how are we consoled? The answer is יאמר אלקיכם, the awareness and the joy that Hashem is our G-d is our condolence. We can compare it to a child at an amusement park but afraid to go on the roller coaster, Ferris-wheel, and other tall rides.
People ask the child, "Why are you afraid? It is totally safe. Millions of people ride on it." But the child, nevertheless, is afraid. Only one thing will calm the child and remove his fears, and that is if his parents will ride with him.
Our Guarantee that Hashem will Always Be with Us
Hashem is our G-d and is always with us. That is our condolence. That is our guarantee that there is nothing to fear. There is a pasuk in Shir HaShrim (4:8), which promises that Hashem will always be with us; when we go to galus and when we return for the Third Beis HaMikdash.
It states, אתי מלבנון כלה אתי מלבנון תבואי, " With me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon shall you come." Rashi explains that Hashem says, מלבנון אתי, "I will be with you when you are exiled from the Beis HaMikdash. מלבנון תבואי אתי, and I will be with you when you return to the Beis HaMikdash.
Reprinted from the Parshas Va’eschanan 5783 email of Rabbi Elimelech Biderman’s based Torah Wellsprings.
