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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of those injured in the terrorist attacks in Yerushalayim. May we all unite in Tefillah and overturn any harsh decrees and invoke Rachamei Shamayim for all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen!
Mitzvot are physical deeds which translate the language of the soul. They enable us to achieve a closer bond to Hashem. Through our treasured mitzvot we can transcend this world, tap into our souls and enhance our eternal bond with Hashem.
If we were stripped of our bodies and left to live as souls, we would intuitively know the mitzvot. This is precisely how our Avot and Imahot were able to keep mitzvot even though they did not yet have the Torah’s instructions. Our Avot and Imahot lived with such a keen awareness of Hashem that they were intuitively drawn and dedicated to perform His will, without specific guidance. In contrast, as we are not on this lofty spiritual level, we need the specific instructions of the Torah to show us how to cleave to Hashem.
If we were ever to consider the mitzvot as ‘burdensome’, chas v’Shalom, we would be merely resisting our inner higher self. This higher self can be seen as a projection of a spark of Hashem in the world; a revelation of the only real true reality. Transgressing the mitzvot represents being disloyal to our inner truth and essentially betraying ourselves.
We should constantly reinforce in our minds this idea that mitzvot bring us back to our inner true self. Let us not wait until we are lost and confused to find our way back to who we are and what we are meant to accomplish in this world. We need Hashem’s guidance. There is a bigger picture. Torah and mitzvot broaden our vision, enabling us to see this bigger, deeper view.
