BS’D
When the soul departs from the world above and descends into a person’s body it immediately senses the great distance from the warmth and love of Hashem. However with this emptiness comes a strong yearning to reunite to Him; the greater the longing the stronger its determination to rejoin.
The greatest emptiness the soul experiences is how much it needs Hashem. It is left with no meaning since it has essentially been cut off from the Divine light. With every mitzvah though the soul is cared for and ‘fed the food’ it so desperately seeks, bonding with Hashem and being enveloped by His light. A mitzvah brings comfort to the soul and eases its burning desire to ‘feel’ Borei Olam.
If that is the case then the big question that needs to be addressed is how can the soul be satisfied by worldly material pleasures if it seeks only Hashem? The profound answer to this common question is that embedded in all materialistic objects are holy G-dly sparks (nitzotzot kedusha) that enables them to exist. The Ba’al Shem Tov HaKadosh teaches that Hashem is found in everything and everything has Hashem in it. Therefore, within the materialistic existence there is a glimmer of G-dliness.
It is to this ray of Divine light that the soul is drawn and derives pleasure from even in the material world. In effect, it is pacified with any bit of Hashem’s essence that it can get a hold of as it patiently awaits to complete its mission in this world and return back to the Heavens above. Gevaldig vort!
Today’s Daily Dose of Emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of the four soldiers that were injured on the Syrian border yesterday. Their names are: Ohad ben Chana, Michael ben Svetlana, Tamir Moshe ben Chava, and the most seriously injured Alon ben Orli. May Hashem send a complete healing for all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen!
There is a link below to perek 130 to make it easier for us to daven for those in need. Click here to say tehillim perek 130
