BS’D
The daily dose of emuna will be taking a break until the beginning of Cheshvan. Wishing everyone inspiration throughout the chagim and continuous emuna, strength, clarity and happiness, Amen.
In a quiet voice we tell Hashem, “I am sorry. Please forgive me. I do not want to fall again.” The mitzvah of teshuva enable us to cleave to Hashem in the most profound way.
Everyday a voice cries out from Har Chorev pleading with us to ‘Come Back’. The Besht ztk’l teaches that we hear that voice within our hearts; it appears as thoughts of remorse and drives us to repent. Oy, if we heard that voice; we wouldn’t bear the pain. However there is shell of insensitivity that surrounds us and we often may not even feel the loss. Yom Kippur places us ‘face to face’ standing before Hashem; in that merit our hearts are stirred with emotion and we hear the cry from Har Sinai.
On Yom Kippur, during the days of the Beit HaMikdash we were filled with da’at, an intimate knowledge of the value of cleaving to Hashem. We felt anguish and an intense yearning to bond once again with Hashem; this brought us to genuinely repent.
Although we have yet to merit the building of our Beit HaMikdash we should be consoled by the knowledge that Hashem ‘cherishes’ our teshuva so much, that our transgressions turn into merits. We must grow strong in our resolve to do teshuva and desire a closer more meaningful relationship with Hashem.
The daily dose of emuna will be taking a break until the beginning of Cheshvan. Wishing everyone inspiration throughout the chagim and continuous emuna, strength, clarity and happiness, Amen.
