For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L &
Yissachar ben Yona Z’L.
The fundamental way of warming up readers’ hearts is by
relating to them. This is why theCLD began.
Today we had the privelige to be in a winery in a basement
in Brooklyn, New York. In the small winery there are all these stations,
machines and tools one needs in order to produce delicious wine. One of the
machines used is a family of metal pieces that work together to filter and cut
out the stems of the grapes in order to separate grapes from leaves, stems, dirt
etc. From this act of helping out in checking the grapes and moving them down
into the filter we get so much chizuk!
What are you talking about? It’s a simple filter and just
cartons of grapes combined. That’s the whole beauty of it. If one takes all the
spiritual ‘fruits’ he/she has created throughout the entire year, obviously
fine juices will come out of them, unless the fruits are not so fine. Every
action or in Hebrew, ma’aseh, we do
is considered either a ma’aseh tov or
ma’aseh rah (good or bad).
Before Yom
Kippur, I think it is time to filter through all our deeds this past year and
begin taking out all the dirt, the leaves, the stems, etc. away from our fruits
so we can produce some fresh wine and show it to Hashem before He seals the
document that contains next year’s decrees.
The entire act of filtering and taking out all the bad from
the good we have done this year is called Teshuva.
Yes, we have been speaking about it for more than a month but its such a big
deal so we cannot stop stressing it. Every Teshuva
one does is unbounded and cannot fit in the realm of this world. Every time
even a thought of teshuva enters a
Jewish mind its as if he/she is filtering out all the bad from the past year.
Therefore, lets stay united and head into Kippur with a positive attitude.
Let’s take at least 5 minutes of our next forty-eight hours
and think a little about the major events this past year and about what we can ask
for forgiveness from Hashem. Only this action alone awakens Rahamim (mercy) on us from Shamayim (the
Heavens). Why? Because Hashem sees we are at
least trying to get close to Him! G-d willing these small acts of Teshuva
will shake up the spiritual realms so we will be signed into the Book of Life
and all Good.
Gemar Hatima Tova!
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