CLD #848

Every individual of the Jewish nation has inside them a spark of holiness that will never cease to exist. It will be with him from birth until after 120. At creation, Hashem created a light that we do not see today, which is not the sun. This light, as Hazal (our Sages) explain in the Gemara (Hagigah 12a) is a spiritual everlasting light that makes an individual “see from one end of the world to another.” This treasured light is for the Tzadikkim (the Righteous). The Hiddush (hidden message) behind this Gemara is what the Midrash explains.

Rav Pinkus brings down this entire idea and says that Midrash explains that the Torah has inside of it a spiritual light that is meant for the Righteous and ONLY those who really learn and live by the Torah in fear and love of Hashem have the privilege to take advantage of it. This or ki tov is the root of the word Yom Tov, which we call the sanctified days of the Jewish Khagim (holidays).  Therefore, people who learn Torah on these Yamim Tovim (such as Pesakh that is going to be before us before we know it) actually receive the bits and pieces of this eternal spiritual light!

Baruch Hashem for Shabbat. Since the punishment of an action notifies us of the greatness behind the action we can come to say that Shabbat is the most spiritual and important day. For example, if someone violates the Shabbat they receive the punishment of death and if someone eats a sandwich on Yom Kippur they receive the punishment of karet which is a degree lighter on the punishment scale. So for our topic, how much more so should one receive this eternal spiritual light of kedusha when learning Torah ON SHABBAT! And this Shabbat is not no regular Shabbat, it is Shabbat HaGadol!

 This Shabbat is called Shabbat HaGadol. For the reasoning behind it, view CLD #554!

Shabbat HaGagaol Shalom!

Judaism=Think.

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