Parshat Shemot
When moshe was shepherding yisro’s sheep one ran away as he was looking for the sheep he notices a burning bush that was not being consumed by the fire. וַיֵּרָ֠א מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֵלָ֛יו בְּלַבַּת־אֵ֖שׁ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֑ה וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַסְּנֶה֙ בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְהַסְּנֶ֖ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ אֻכָּֽל: He was surprised by this, instead of wondering and continuing on he wanted to understand what was going on, this shows the qualities of a leader, when the see something strange they want to find out more. Hashem then speaks to moshe, and tells him to go back to mitzrayim and tack out bnei yisroel.
Rashi asks why did hashem come in a low thorny bush and not in a great big tree?
מתוך הסנה: ולא אילן אחר, משום עמו אנכי בצרה (תהילים צא טו):
He answers that Bnei yisroel were in Galos and were being tortured by the mitzrayim and Hashem was feeling the pain of b’nai yisrael in mitzrayim. This tells us that we should always feel others pain.
For example: when your friend is really sad you should not talk about an upcoming party, you should feel for their pain.
Shabbat Shalom
Chana Rivka Lewis