Our Parasha is only 30 Pesukim (verses) and it still has
enough content to blow our minds away with everlasting Chizuk (inspiration) to
be better Avdei Hashem! In three of the 30 pesukim we see the process of
sinning and what happens to every Jew after they fail to realize how special
they are and fall into the arms of Yezter Hara to perform a sin.
The process begins with the first Pasuk, Pasuk Tet-Zayin
(16) in Perek Lamed-Aleph (31) of Sefer Devarim. The Pasuk explains how Hashem
came down into the Ohel Moed where
Moshe and Yehoshua (to replace Moshe after entering Israel) where congregated
to hear what Hashem has to say. Hashem begins speaking and says: Do you know?!
Moshe, your nation, what they will do after you die? Your nation will not only
leave me, but they will run after all types of zenut (prostitution and sexual immorality, in the Torah its also
referring to idolatry which had the same drive as sexual desires today) of the
non-Jews in the land of Israel!
That will be the ultimate violation against the Berit (covenant) we made! We had a pact!
We had a deal! Then Hashem continues (very scary part, Pasuk 17): “My fury will
rage against them…I will abandon them…hide My face…many evils and troubles will
befall them…they will say…’It is not because our G-d is no longer among us,
that these evils have befallen us?’”
And then Hashem repeats it again in the next Pasuk (18): “And I
will hide My face on that day” (translation: Chabad.org). What can we
learn from this piece of Torah? The
biggest punishment is a life without Hashem! The biggest punishment and evil in one’s life is a life without
the proper feeling of love and affection and care to be close to Hashem. The
biggest slap in the face by G-d is when He tells us: I DON’T WANT YOU.
The only way we can turn this around is by doing Teshuva.
Why does this Parasha fall on Shabbat Teshuva every single year? Because it is
the main point of the entire life of a Jew and coincidentally the main point of
theCLD: Hashem wants your heart.
That is the secret of Judaism, that we are surrendering our heart to Hashem and
only Hashem. And that’s why we get married and that’s why we respect our
parents and that’s why we eat and that’s why we sleep and on and on. Obviously
this is not something that we jump to do over 24 hours. It is a lifetime
process. Take it slow, take your time, step-by-step. HOWEVER know that this is
the goal. Don’t be fooled into thinking: okay I will take it step-by-step and
won’t progress over a year’s time, rather when you think to take it slowly,
really progress.
B’H we should implant this in our hearts and slowly slowly
like a Date Tree, it will grow to produce fruits of love and affection for
Torah, Mitzvot and overall the proper direction a Jew should go in life.
Shabbat Shalom & Gemar Hatima Tova!
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