For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.
Have you ever heard of “Spring Cleaning?”
Before Pesach whoever runs the home does serious cleaning.
Why? What does this symbolize?
First of all, the Issur
(prohibition) of Chametz. The Torah is not extremely strict with so many
things. For example if there is a drop of milk that falls into a huge pot of
meat and the meat outnumbers the drop of milk 60 to 1, then the meat is still
allowed to be eaten (Batel B’Shishim).
However, if there is a drop of Chametz, lets say noodle soup that was left
behind in a fridge a day before Pesach that has now been accidentally dropped
into Matzah cake mixer on Pesach, the entire Matzah cake mixer needs to go to
the trash! G-d willing we will be tackling the entire idea of Chametz and
Pesach in the next month to come.
So what can we learn from Spring cleaning, a.k.a. Cleaning
the home to take out all the chametz (leavened bread) in all the hidden places
around the home? We need to know that every Holiday, every Chag, has an
incredible amount of spiritual energy that comes with it when it enters the
world. Therefore, we need to prepare. Just like we prepare for the IPO of a
company, so too lehavdeel for the “IPO”
of Spiritual Kedusha, for a Holiday arriving!
Therefore our personal spiritual cleaning should begin as
well. What am I doing right? What am I doing wrong? Do I take time in my day to
thank Hashem? Do I take time in my day to learn a piece of Torah just like I
take hours in my day to skim through facebook?
What are my great
characteristics that I can channel to help my Avodat Hashem, my Mitzvot, my
Chessed, all my good activities?
I am a Jew. I have so
much potential. Why don’t I get there? What is stopping me?
There is so much to
do. Pesach is less than 30 days. Before we know it we’ll be at the Sedder Table
with no changes from last year. We always should improve we always should look
at the bright future.
Judaism=Think.
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