Shovavim, the six week period that we are dealing with now,
that focuses on Shemirat HaBerit
(watching over one’s modesty, especially one’s reproductive system) is a time
to reflect on our relationship as a Jewish nation with Hashem. A big problem
today is dealing with the challenges Hashem gave each and everyone of us and
how we are able to overcome them. Each person is different and we must
understand every person was brought into this world with a specific task that
only that individual can overcome and succeed in.
Rav Yaakov Yisrael Lugasi shlit’a writes in his book Takanat HaShav, that we must know and
remember that Hashem LOVES US. Everyday we say in Tefillat Arvit (the evening
prayer) Ahavat Olam Ahavtanu…Baruch Ata
Hashem Ohev Amo Yisrael, Hashem: Your love for us is the love of the entire
world, Blessed are You Hashem who loves His nation, Israel. This means that if
you take all the love in the world, the love between a man and his wife, a wife
and her husband, a grandchild with their grandfather, a father and his
daughter, a poor person with their financer, etc. All this love in the entire
world does not equal to the love that Hashem has FOR YOU!
So if we think about it, with all the desires, whether since
birth or a desire that was taught from the environment; everything was placed
in our hearts and minds from Hashem for our best! This is tough to accept, but
if we regulate ourselves to remember Rav Meir’s teaching that we are always
seen as “the children of Hashem,” then we can begin to accept that everything
is for our own good.
Be’ezrat Hashem during this time of reflection, these six
weeks of practicing to improve our modesty and Shemirat HaBerit we should have success to overcome all the
obstacles and challenges that Hashem throws at us. May we remember that by
overcoming every task, we progress in life and in our goal to glue ourselves to
Hashem’s greatness.
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