Sometimes FOMO Is A Good Thing - Rabbi Moshe Schochet

told in this week's parsha parsha's baloslaw introduces us to a famous dialogue a discussion that takes place between moshe habeno and a group of people who had come in contact with a dead body and were not going to be able to bring the carbon pace off they expressed their concern and they asked lama nigara why do we have to miss out on this opportunity when we are impure motion not knowing how to respond went to akrishbarcon asked what to do and from that conversation bore the famous mitzvah of in the merit of these people who had demonstrated so much concern the hindu sharing questions why these people were so upset to begin with what did they mean when they said loma nigara why should we lose out they were impure and by definition exempt from the mitzvot to begin with they weren't really missing out on anything what exactly were they so concerned about and the hidden explains that these people were on such a high level that they desperately wanted to connect with hashem as much as possible the fact that they were exempt was irrelevant to them their fear of missing out was simply because they craved the opportunity to do mitzvos whether they were obligated to do them or not it was because of this intense desire that the mitzvah pesachini was introduced in their merit the inside of the rim is incredible because how often do we look for the easy way out to be able to justify rationalize why we should be exempt from a mitzvah not looking to take another mitzvah on instead we sometimes need to feel fomo fear of missing out and recognize that when a mitzvah presents itself it's not a burden but rather an opportunity to grow closer to hashem let's internalize this message and grab every chance we have to fulfill the mitzvos of the torah with passion and enthusiasm and in the merit of this approach we too will merit tremendous bracha in all of our spiritual endeavors