SY Mishpatim - Shishi - #6 - Rabbi Akiva Zweig - Accepted as a Community, BLESSED as an Individual

In the last sentence of the sixth aliyah, the balaturator makes a fascinating observation. It says, "And you shall serve Hashem your God." Hashem, so it's a plural language. You plural serve Hashem your God. And he will bless your bread singular your bread. Your waters singular your water. says the volatin that as a community our felos are accepted. They are not rejected by hashem but each person is answered as an individual getting what he in particular needs for blessing in his life. So from here we learn a tremendous concept. We need to present to hashem as a community and then we are accepted. But Hashem does not just respond to us as a community in general. What does our group need? Hashem responds to the need of each and every individual. So this tremendous observation by the Balatorim is teaching us the critical importance of praying together of presenting to Hashem that we care for each other as a community and therefore we present as one entity. And then because we are one entity, Hashem accepts all of us. But he treats us with individual care and concern, blessing each and every one of us according to our individual needs and what would be best for us.