For the Refua Shlema of Mordechai Tzvi ben
Sara & Binyamin ben Blanka.
There are wicked people in the
world who say the Torah is not for me, this is crazy, get me away from this
stuff, and in general, the Torah is a “crazy book” (Chas VeChalilah). The Torah
HaKdosha is the book that was taught to Moshe Rabbenu which was given to Am
Yisrael over 3300 years ago, to be taught to all generations. How can someone
say that such a book, given from the Divine Presence of Hashem Elokenu, is a
crazy book? Maybe its because the ignorant attitude of this generation that
causes one to reach the lowest of low levels and say such a ridiculous thing.
We can continue to see the
kdusha and overall Chochma Elyona (High Wisdom) of Hashem in our Parasha bH we
will be hearing tomorrow in Shul: Parashat Shoftim. The Parasha explains how
the land of Eretz Yisrael promised to us will be divided and will have 9
special cities called Arei Miklat, where murderers who murdered BY ACCIDENT run
away to for safety and shelter. The Torah continues to explain that if a man
who HATES his friend murders him and then runs off to one of these cities
(Devarim 19:11) he will be taken out of the city by the Sages of the generation
and will be killed. What does this mean? Basically a person wanted to “trick”
Hashem and kill someone as if by accident and it was really on purpose. This
scheme is perfectly common, unfortunately, and the Torah says in huge words: I
am not Naïve!
But this is not all the beauty
we receive from this pasuk, the Chochma (wisdom) continues with Rashi’s
explanation. He explains that when one pushes to hate someone and thinks it is
not a big deal, he/she is completely wrong! Rashi says that a person who
violates the small acts that one is not allowed to do, such as Hating Someone
(which is a Mitzvah Lo Ta’aseh), it leads to violating the biggest Isurim one
needs to prevent him/herself from doing, which in this case is Shfichut Damim
(murder).
The reality that the Torah is
the highest form of Wisdom in the world is not something I believe because
Rabbis told me it is and I am their robot/messenger, rather it is because I try
to live it to the best of my ability and I see that it only makes you smarter,
enjoy more from life, and it pushes you to your highest potential. The Torah
way is the best way. B’H I had the zchut to look into the peephole of the Torah
world and see only magnificent things, BH all of us should follow the path that
Hashem decreed for us, because it is only for our favor, because if we are
still here it means we are not complete with what we need to finish.
This leads to Shabbat Kodesh,
when someone that does not keep Shabbat takes a minute and looks back at
his/her life (if he/she has the privelage to do so), then he/she will really
NOT see any form of rest or serenity; even when you are on your vacation you
plug yourself into a computer or a cell phone (come on, what type of vacation
is that?). Shabbat Kodesh is 25 hours devoted to you, and by you devoting time
to rest for YOURSELF, you are living G-d’s dream for YOU. What is so bad about
disconnecting for 25 hours, if anything it is only THE BEST thing for you!
Disconnecting
is really the highest form of connection within yourself.
Shabbat
Shalom!
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