CLD #878

Be’ezrat Hashem (with G-d’s help) Shavuot arrives in FOUR NIGHTS. Are we ready? How can we be ready for such a holy night?! Shavuot is The Night that changed the History of the World! It is the night the Torah was brought down from The Heavens into Moshe Rabbenu’s hands to teach us until the end of time.

The Torah is simply a guideline of how to live life to the fullest with religious inspiration and to strengthen the connection we have with Hashem. Our mission in life is to push us to recognize G-d’s reign and kingship in the world. This is why the Torah constantly urges us to do Mitzvot because a Mitzvah is another channel to recognize Hashem.

In the famous book Michtav Me’Eliyahu by Rav Dessler TZK’L, the Rav explains that there are two different extremes of personalities in the world. People are broken down into a Notel (a taker) or a Noten (a giver). There is no such direction of identity building in the middle. Either you revolve your life to giving or you don’t realize that you immerse yourself with taking.

Rav Dessler explains that an individual who aims to give throughout their life will become a successful Jew that constantly sees their relationship with Hashem becoming stronger and stronger. We should all urge eachother to become givers. But what does this have to do with Shavuot? The beauty is in the simple understanding of G-ds kindness in giving us the Torah: The Torah is the source of energy in the world. When Hashem gave us the Torah 3,325 years ago He really transferred to us the source of success! He said all you have to do is learn it and practice it, then you can become the decision makers in the world! By Hashem GIVING us the Torah we are “takers,” so what does Hashem want from us? He literally teaches us to be takers! The answer is that only from the power of learning and practicing the Torah we can train ourselves to become the NUMBER ONE GIVER!

 

There is no such thing as becoming more selfish after living the Torah, you just automatically become a giver.

Judaism=Think.

Shabbat Shalom & Hodesh Tov!

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