Shnayim Yomi - Mishpatim - Chamishi - #5 - Rabbi Akiva Zweig - Pesach is the Catalyst!

Towards the end of the fifth aliyah, the Torah says there are three regaling that you should celebrate in the year. You should guard it seven days. Eat matzah like I commanded you in the springtime. And then it says the harvest season which is sh which is the first fruits of your action that you plant in the field and the gathering season which is sukus when you gather your actions from the field. So very perplexingly the Torah says by the matos that you should keep it you should guard it seven days but by the it does not say to keep it by the by the harvest by the gathering season it does not say that you should keep it why does the Torah only use a verb by the of the so I'd like to suggest that what the Torah is telling us is that the real catalyst for us to take action and to plant and to harvest and to gather is the fact that Hashem took us out from it. He freed us and he gave us responsibility for our actions which motivates a person to know that what they choose is their responsibility. There's a tremendous empowerment that comes with knowing that my freedom means that I take action. It's my responsibility and it's also my productivity. So that what the Torah is telling us is that the catalyst for us having the energy and the enthusiasm for doing what we do is the fact that Hashem took us out on Hamatos in the springtime to remind us of the energy and the enthusiasm we should have for everything that we do. And so therefore keeping catalyzes keeping and of course this explains why kazal tell us that is really also mitzvos the energy that we get not only from our agricultural work our parnasa work but also the energy that we get for our mitzvah doing is because hashem empowered us gave us freedom and our lives come from our choosing and that gives us tremendous This energy and enthusiasm to do everything we need to do.