RIM, the company that manufactured the famous Blackberry smartphones, recently went bankrupt and they are trying to re-enter the cellphone market they once conquered. What was their biggest problem? They did not renew their products and kept their old and standard line of smartphones the same. They failed to consistently renew their products, they failed to add new features, and they failed to channel their winning features and products to new customers.
The biggest issue with us in our Avodat Hashem is our consistency. After a short while we look for new things, after all, we are human beings looking for the newest trend and design and fashion. We have it in our nature from Hashem to always look for the new and for the upgrade. Even in our generation, which is FILLED with distraction, we constantly look to excel and progress. No one says this is bad, but when we are manipulated to take it the wrong way for our Jewish activities we can easily lose our excitement for the Mitzvot.
How do we stick to the Mitzvot and to the power, strength and reviving energy we have for the Mitzvot? We constantly need to THINK and APPRECIATE all we have. The Orhot Tzadikkim brings down in Sha'ar Zechira (gate of rememberance) the power of THANKING Hashem for giving us the Torah and says we should remember this everyday. But don't we do that anyway throughout all our tefillot (prayers)? Don't we already say 'Hodu L'Hashem Ki Tov... Thank Hashem because all is good' every morning?! But the hidush (teaching) is not about saying it, but about FEELING it. The only way to actually delve into the love of the Mitzvot is to realize and repeat to ourselves how special we are to be Jewish.
RIM failed, let's do our best to avoid failing spiritually and start to THINK!
Judaism=Think.
Shavua Tov.
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