JUST DO IT! Most of us associate with these
three more words than just the translation: “Do it
easy!” This saying represents the Nike brand, on
many Nike items such as T-shirts is this one
to find Solgan. The saying motivates a sport to
go for a jog and don't make excuses
looking for why you can't do something or not
supposed to do. Nike introduced this slogan in 1988
before, it could be that at that time the head of marketing die
Parasha beshalach had read and was inspired by it. The reason for this is as follows:
Seven days after the Exodus from Egypt, Israel was stuck between the sea and the Egyptian army. Hashem gave Moshe an order that seemed impossible to fulfil: "Tell the people of Israel to move on".
The order was given to keep going no matter the sea got in the way. But no one dared to take the first step. At that moment a man named Nachshon ben Aminadav came into play. A midrash tells us exactly what happened:
When Bnei Israel faced the sea and the order to advance was given, each of the tribes hesitated and said, "We don't want to be the first to jump into the sea."
Nahshon saw what was happening and jumped into the sea.
At that moment Moshe stood and prayed. Hashem told him, "My loved ones are drowning in the stormy sea, and you stand and pray?"
Moses replied: "Lord of the world, what should I do?"
G‑d said, "You raise your staff and stretch out your hand across the sea, which will part, and Bnei Israel will walk on dry land in the sea."
And so it happened. Bnei Israel followed Nahshon's example, went into the sea and were saved.
What can we learn from this?
It's not very likely that someone reading this Dvar Torah will ever have to jump into a sea to escape a few Egyptians and save an entire people, but the attitude Nachshon had is something we all need every day. We often have to make decisions that are not always that easy. It's easy to make a decision when the
Opinion she supports very popular and in
is accepted by society. But often is
the right choice not so popular, exactly
then we must brave Nachshon
take this as a role model and think: JUST
DO IT!
JUST DO IT. Nachshon ben Aminadav