Being A Lifeguard

Based on the Rebbe Shlita - Ushpizin of Moshe Rabbeinu, Succos 5771:

A name is a person's essence so we have to understand Moshe's name.

Moshe had 7 names according to Chazal but the name the Torah calls him by [Moshe] was given by a non-jewish woman! Why?!

Also, he was called Moshe "Ki min hamayim mishisihu" he was drawn from the water. Grammatically he should have been called "Mashui" which means that he was [passively] drawn from the water. Why "Moshe" which means to actively draw.

The Rekanti [a early commentator] says that the fact is that the daughter of Paroh called him Mashui but the Torah calls him Moshe. The reason is that after being drawn from waters that drown, his essence is to save others from waters that drown them, both spiritually and physically. That is "Moshe" - one who draws others from the water.

After the Jews were saved from the Yam Suf the passuk says "Vaya'aminu Bashem u'biMoshe avdo" - They believed in Hashem and Moshe his servant. Moshe saves from the water.

In our lives we must walk in his path and try to help save others from the drowning waters of this world.

Ah gut mo'ed sweetest friends!!:)