The Missing Link

Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5770

3 months and 10 days ago, a link was taken from the everlasting chain of the Jewish People. The name of this link: Pesha Leah Azoulay – Roetter.

This link wasn't your ordinary link, it was unique. If Pesha Leah saw another link in the process of snapping in two, she would immediately grasp that link and attach it to her own. Pesha's link, we all thought, was indestructible. That it was solid steel. But now it's gone! Gone, leaving hundreds of links floating around, with nothing to attach themselves to.

Pesha's link was what brought together hundreds upon hundreds of lost links attached them to Hakodosh Baruch Hu. Now, being that Hashem broke of Link Pesha Leah, many links, more than ever before, are floating around, lost with no protection.

But we must keep in mind a promise and trust that we remind hashem of 3-4 times a day. Every day we say in davening: Mechalkel chaim b'chesed – He sustains the living with loving-kindness.... Umikayim emunaso lishnai ufar – and He fulfills his trust to those who sleep in the dust.... V'neeman atoh le'hachiyos maisim – You are trustworthy to revive the dead.... Baruch atoh Hashem Mechaiyai hameisim – Blessed are you Hashem who revives the dead.

So, not only do we believe that He will revive the dead, but also that He will help the living, He will help all those lost links attach themselves back; and He will help them overcome this test of faith.

May we merit the fulfillment of the end of the verse as well, the promise of the Resurrection of the Dead. This way, all those lost links can olnce again attach themselves to Link Pesha Leah, who will be attached to Link Moshiach! May it happen right now, Amen Selah!

May the Neshamah of Pesha Leah bas Chaim Leibel have a complete Aliyah in heaven!
May all those lost links reconnect to Hashem's chain!

~Dovid Nissan Roetter