Sorely missed?
Where will you be sorely missed? If you just pick up and leave, what will people miss about you?
A parents' love is always missed. The absence of an affectionate touch is always felt. Deeply.
I have a very close friend who lost their father, some time ago, in the middle of Sukkot. On Yom Tov, a couple of days later, when all of the children went under their Fathers' Tallis he no longer had a father to whom he could go under his Tallis. I remember him breaking out in tears.
A fathers' embrace was gone. A loving touch had departed. A part of his experience had been torn from his heart.
Going under his fathers' tallis was an event which created a bond that when absent, was missed.
In my family we have the custom to get blessings from my Father every Friday night. I remember the first time that I left home to go to over night camp. I missed that blessing. (I remember calling home before Shabbos to receive it.)
Every portion after the birth of Moshe Rabbeinu mentions his name, with the exclusion of one. This one, Parshas Tetzaveh. Moshes' name is mysteriously missing from the weeks' Torah portion.
Moshe was a pivotal and key character in the Torah. When he goes unmentioned he is sorely missed.
Where are you Moshe? Where are you Father? Where are my Brachos?
What do you do that will make you sorely missed? To whom do you give your affection? Whos life do you touch?
Post Script: I sent this to a friend of mine, who related the untimely passing of his cousin. A child is sorely missed - http://is.gd/lk7A.
