We just passed a Shabbat filled with Ruhaniyut (spirituality). It was a Shabbat of beginning, a Shabbat
of creation, a Shabbat of fulfillment and aspirations for the future. Shabbat
Bereshit is known to be a kick start Shabbat for the upcoming year.
We have already passed all the Hagim (holidays), from Rosh
Hodesh Elul until last week we were dipped in spirituality and now is the time
to show it off.
From this Rosh Hodesh of MarHeshvan (beginning Tuesday
Night) is a time around the world where the individual can really work on
him/herself. This is a time to show Hashem: “I really meant what I prayed for
during Yom Kippur and now I want to live it.” But it does NOT come easy. It’s a
time where you take yourself and you say: I am going to work on this characteristic
or this Mitzvah everyday for the next week. By the end of the week you will see
how you improved. Or you tell yourself: I am going to work on this specific
Mitzvah the entire time UNTIL HANUKKAH, and
I will succeed BH!
Rav Mutzafi shlit’a brought down in his shiur two years ago
on Bereshit that Bereshit stands for basic Middot (characteristic traits) that
every Jew needs to have in order to live a life with
Hashem. Bereshit breaks down into six letters: Bet, Resh,
Aleph, Shin, Yud and Tav.
Bet stands for Bitahon,
or trust in G-d. Without someone trusting in Hashem to provide for him/her the
spiritual and physical/financial needs, the person has no foundation of
Judaism.
The next letter, Resh, stands for Ratzon, or will. Without
the will to accomplish, a Jew will never see success [I know an individual who
wakes up at 5:00am every morning to learn Torah and pray, no matter how late he
goes to sleep at night]. If you have the Ratzon,
you have everything.
Next letter in life is Aleph, which stands for Ahava, every
Jew must have Ahavat Hashem (Love for G-d). How do you get it? Look at the
world, look at nature, look at the miracle of pregnancy, look at the miracle of
eyesight and walking and breathing, etc.
The fourth letter is Shin. Shin is Shetika, or silence. In
order to live a life with Hashem you need to know when to be silent and when to
speak, but most of the time you should stay silent.
The second to last letter is Yod (yud) which is Yirah, fear of Heaven. It is the most basic and
important of all because it is the spinal cord of the individual. If one has no
Fear of Heaven their Avodat Hashem is in big trouble, as it says in Tehillim
(pslams 111:9) Reshit Hochma Yirat Hashem…,
the Peak of Wisdom is Fear of Heaven.
The final letter is Tav, and that stands for Torah. Without
the Torah, there would be no creation, which Hazal (our Sages) teach us that
Hashem looked at the Torah and created
the world.
Shavua Tov!
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