שמחה לגומרה של מצווה • שבועיים של חסד בהר הבית | הרב אליהו ובר

There is a concept by our Sages that one celebrates the completion of a mitzvah. Whenever something is completed, there is joy. One needs to understand this point. There are many ways to understand it. Actually, in today's reality of restrictions, we had an interesting two weeks. Two weeks where it was possible to pray here at sunrise on the Temple Mount, within the constraints of this place. Originally, one could only enter here at 7:30. For those who remember, to our joy and perhaps also to our sadness, there are those here who only started coming after it was already opened before 7:30 . But until 10 years ago, or even less, nine years I think, entry here was only from 7:30. After that, they moved it to 7:00. And slowly, more people came. After that, they moved it to 6:30, wow, and it sounds to someone from afar: Wait, what, really? As if there are restrictions of two or three hours here ? 6:30, but we feel the gradual progress here, we feel the order of the slowness. And behold, it opened at 6:30 , and then the sunrise, that's how it is, and daylight saving time hasn't ended yet, and we gained two weeks, we grabbed two weeks where we could pray at sunrise. It shouldn't be like this; it should be that tomorrow, Friday, it will also be open, and on Shabbat, and also next week it will be open for sunrise prayers. Yes, if it's possible to open at 6:30 now, it's possible to open at that time next week too. Not exactly, it shouldn't be like this, this isn't the management, this isn't the order, but it isn't the...But we have this feeling of, ah...we did it, there is something here, there is some movement in the place, it is advancing another step. And there were two weeks here with sunrise prayers, it’s a pity, they sensed the importance, those who fear the sun, who sensed the glory ...and they valued the importance of it , and there is much more to it: the importance of sunrise prayers. And when this joins with "They shall fear You with the sun" in Zion, with the fear of You with the sun, together with the light of the Temple, which is the main thing—of course, "fear You" means to fear God—a perfect completion. And that is how the Holy One, Blessed be He , wanted it to be today, an addition of joy to the place. And they brought us two Bar Mitzvah boys here, Kohanim, one tomorrow, one in three weeks, but for it to be here, in...in the joy of entering into the commandments. We engage in this, we enter every morning, we read every day the section of the acceptance of the yoke of Heaven, after that the acceptance of the yoke of commandments, and after that the section of the Exodus from Egypt, the section of Tzitzit. But it starts with the acceptance of the yoke of Heaven, there is always a place here and the acceptance of the yoke of commandments together. A Bar Mitzvah boy takes it upon himself, says to the Holy One, Blessed be He: Master of the Universe, I have prepared for many years, now I come to do it, to fulfill, to perform the commandments. And so this joy has been added to our day. In short, a very happy day. So the joy of this place, a day of joy, a day of salvation and, We truly ask of the Holy One, blessed be He, we want to continue to rejoice here in this place, let there continue to be only joys here and may there be only good here for the people of Israel. We will choose the Holy One, blessed be He , only to serve Him with all our heart and to rejoice in complete joy, and may it be His will, and let us say Amen.