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What's HaShem's Name?

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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And during this extraordinary meeting with the burning bush, Akadosh Bahu tells Moshe what he has to do. And Moshe says, "Well, when I go there in chapter 3, verse number 13, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, the God of your forefathers has sent me to you and they say to me, what's his name? What shall I say? Say to them, Hashem says famously, I shall be as I shall be. But you say to them, "Although my name is I shall be as I shall be." Hashem said to him, "So shall you say to the children of Israel, I shall be as sent me to you only part of my name." Why teaches us in page nine that what was telling Mosherenu and teaching him through his name that I shall be as I shall be that I shall be with my children during their times of troubles today and during their times of troubles in the future. I'll be with you during your times of troubles now when you are going through chuva and I will do whatever is possible to be with you in the future after you have already done chuva and you encountered new problems. So Bashe says to Hashem, "It's already hard enough for them to deal with the reality of their problems today. Why should I tell them that they're also going to have problems in the future?" And therefore, Hashem says, "Okay, just tell them that I'm here today with them.