Beginning the year right.

The Chazon Ish says that one of the possible meanings of the "Tree of Knowledge" is a grape vine. Hashem had intended for man to drink wine for Kiddush from the Aitz Hadaas. Since the first time that man would have had wine was on Shabbos, his neshamah yiseira (extra soul) would have helped him to deal with the internalization of evil. We learn that the first time that something happens is a sign of how it will happen in the future. Therefore, if man had just waited until Shabbos to eat from the "Tree of Knowledge" it would have been entirely different.

This year we are beginning the year off with the advantage of the neshamah yisera. May it be a beginning of a year with extra strength and insight.