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Today’s daily dose is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Raphael Elisha Meir ben Devorah a six year old boy with cancer. If anyone can offer leads and/or advice for recurrent medulla blastoma brain cancer (non-systemic chemo) please contact devorahc@gmail.com in a private message. May he merit a complete healing amongst all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov b’rachamim, Amen.
Attaining high spiritual levels is not easy to come by in our current generation. We have become insensitive to the fire of Hashem’s love that envelops us. The AriZal would many times teach of the importance to express lovesickness towards Hashem particularly on Shabbat; to aspire to reach a point where we are ecstatically in love with Borei Olam.
The absence of such a feeling, the AriZal would say, is because we do not adequately prepare ourselves for Shabbat Kodesh all week long. This planning entails the revival of one important emotion; the intense yearning for Shabbat. All week long we go about our mundane routine without more than a passing thought for Shabbat. Yet, in order to truly surround ourselves with the delight of Shabbat we must awaken our love for it and for Hashem.
How do I ignite that deep craving for Shabbat to arrive? From the flame that still lingers within from the previous Shabbat. In other words, I must draw from the holiness of Shabbat and store it within myself so that I may use it as a source of flame for the upcoming Shabbat.
The AriZal teaches that there are three faculties which we should tap into in order to sufficiently prepare ourselves for Shabbat. First of which is to arrange our thoughts and contemplate the high spiritual gift that we receive every Shabbat. Second is in speech by reading the Torah portion and learning parsha insights. Lastly is by mode of action, the physical act of getting ready for Shabbat.
Through these three avenues we can experience the light of creation, the ohr haganuz (the hidden light of creation). This light is available to those who seek it and who rise to the space where this light illuminates. The gift awaits us however in order to receive it we must prepare for its arrival.
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