Moses’ cry comes from a place of not knowing G-d’s masterplan.  Our cry of frustration, disbelief comes from the same place. 

 

Emotions just are. They are neither good or bad.  But they are not intellectual – by definition.  They come from a place of not knowing and feeling connected to something going on around us.  Such as seeming injustice.

 

When we feel connected to something either because we understand it or because we feel safe and embraced by it, the pain is less.  Which is why a crying child finds comfort in their parents’ embrace.  Or why we want to have answers to make sense of things.

 

Hashem – Y-H-V-H is the name of connection.  It’s beyond comprehension but it is a name of Divine embrace.

 

Hashem is telling Moshe that the Jewish People are going to experience Sinai.  And when they do they will experience the embrace of the Divine. 

 

As such the pain of the slavery which makes no sense at present and feels emotionally disconnecting will be assuaged in the Divine embrace.

 

This is the intersection of faith and suffering.  When the suffering produces pain that we can’t make sense of, we fall back on the awareness of the Divine embrace and take comfort there.

 

In fact, if we work on our relationship with Hashem, we can actually feel the Divine embrace, not just believe it.

 

How does this idea land with you?

 

Good Shabbos.