Friday, 30 May 2014

Our Parsha this week is Parshat Naso where Hashem asks for a census to be taken of the Levite family of the Gershonites.The work of the Gershonites was to carry the Holy made articles of the Tabernacle.The word,"Naso,' that is used for 'census,' also means 'to carry,to lift and to raise,' and this is exactly what this group of Levites was to do.
What has taking a census count to do with carrying?As I mentioned before,we are to take a census count of ourselves but to what result?So that we can carry ourselves higher and lift ourselves higher toward HaShem by correcting what needs correcting within us.This is all within the word 'Naso."
The very beauty of being one that carries Holiness means we can become one who carries Hashem.Though Hashem really carries us and does all things for us,we can carry HaShem within us,by 'lifting and raising' ourselves to HaShem.
The responsibility of being a soul who carries Holiness may seem like an awesome responsibility but the clue to how to do this,is within the very word 'Naso,' and that is,to take a good look at who we are ,what we are and who we should become.We need to constantly take stock of ourselves and see if we are really living up to our potential of what we know we can do for Hashem. HaShem presented us on Mount Sinai with our Torah Laws of what to do and as we are so close to the time of Shavuot where we received our Holy Torah,what better a time to remember who we are and that we are here to make this world a place where Hashem can dwell among us so that Hashem can carry us as we carry HaShem within us.This is the perfect time to take a census of ourselves and renew the covenant that we made with HaShem on Mount Sinai when we accepted being Hashem's Holy people.We as Jews have a special task.We are to carry HaShem's Laws wherever we go so that we can make every part of this world a Holy place.As we carry HaShem;s Laws,so we carry HaShem within us and so,wherever we go,we carry the world.
This all starts with looking within ourselves and aligning ourselves to Hashem's True Path.
The special gift of the Gershonite families was to carry this Holiness.This is such a true gift of love from HaShem. This is a gift we can all be offered if we just take a census of ourselves.The beauty of carrying HaShem within us ,as the Gershonite families were given,is a 'miracle' itself for there is no greater miracle then carrying HaShem within us.The word 'Naso,' spelt with a 'Samech' which has the same sound as the letter ' S 'in ' in Hebrew forms the Hebrew word  'Neis,' which means 'Miracle,' so taking a census of oneself and correcting oneself  and aligning oneself to a life of Torah , allows us the greatest Miracle of all,to carry HaShem within us.
As we correct ourselves in counting the Omer,we finally reach the 50th level of purity on Shavuot,where we can receive HaShem's Torah on Mount Sinai.Let us all take a very good and deep look at ourselves and make every effort to purify ourselves according to Hashem and then we can feel the beautiful feeling of HaShem within us.
With love to HaShem,I wish HaShem a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love,Chodesh Tov and a beautiful Shavuot and to all, with love,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh,Chodesh Tov and a beautiful Shavuot.   

Friday, 23 May 2014

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parshat Bamidbar,' where HaShem speaks to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,in the Tent of Meeting,in the second year on the first of the second month (Iyar,as we are in now) after the Exodus from Egypt.HaShem commands that a census be taken.
But what has numbering/census counting got to do with 'Bamidbar,' a 'Wilderness.'Why should there be an accounting in a wilderness.
What is a wilderness?It is a place that is owner-less,a place that no one has bought or owns. It is a place of emptiness of civilization.It is a place that HaShem solely keeps uninhabited by people.HaShem owns all things with people,to who He gives it,but a wilderness remains solely HaShem's.It is untouched by human impurity.It is a place where only HaShem and nothing else can be heard without outside interference form other life.This is the place where HaShem chose to mention the 'counting.'It is in a wilderness,where it is just HaShem and us,that we can quietly take an accounting of ourselves without outside interference and excuses for our need to make ourselves better.It is in this wilderness that we can truly sit with HaShem and take a good long look at ourselves and see what we need to make better with ourselves.A wilderness is a place of total humility where nothing fancy or superficial can exist.It is in humility,that we can truly hear HaShem.For HaShem is close to the humble of spirit,and when we humble ourselves,we take away the outer physicality and see that all is HaShem.It is in such a place,a place of humility that we can truly see the truth and get a proper accounting of our failings so that we can better ourselves and come closer to HaShem.It is in this humble 'Wilderness' - 'Bamidbar,' where we can truly hear HaShem speak to us for all else is nothing but HaShem.We see this in the very word 'Bamidbar,' for it can be separated into 'Ba Medaber,' which means, 'Speaking comes (in).' It is in the Wilderness,where HaShem speaks to us and due to the physical emptiness and humility of this place,that we can deeply hear HaShem as we all listen to HaShem within this place,with our Souls.This speech/speaking will go deep within us and let us see where we need to work on being more Holy.For HaShem's very Voice is light and as HaShem Speaks to us,His light penetrates our souls and forces any impurity to be accounted for and leave.We will thus emanate,HaShem's voice from within us and be a true light of HaShem.
It is in the Wilderness,where we can listen with our souls in humility and purify ourselves so we can be at one with HaShem.
So,let us all taken an accounting in total humility,while we are counting these last days of the Omer and get ourselves ready to meet HaShem with purity on Shavuot and bring on the Final Days so Heaven can come down to Earth and all can be within It's beautiful light - the Light of HaShem.We must never stop taking a count and numbering what we need to fix,so that we can constantly grow and join with HaShem's precious love.
I wish You HaShem with deepest love,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and I wish you all a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love.

Friday, 16 May 2014

Our Parsha this Shabbos is 'Bechukotai,' where HaShem tells us that if we keep His Commandments,HaShem will Bless us and all things around us.The rains are specifically mentioned,which is what feeds the ground.Our Sages tell us that HaShem never gave the rain to the world till Adam asked and prayed for it.People need to know that HaShem gave us a world,but left it for us to complete it's holiness by making everything holy by what we do and how we act.It is through our Holy and good actions in this world,that we can bring Blessings from HaShem on this world.How we are,affects all things around us.We may not realize it,but every good and Holy action we do,every time we keep HaShem's Laws,we are bringing Blessings down on this world even to places we may never imagine they can go.People need to realize that HaShem put us here also to work the world and make every part of it ,a spark of Holy light.HaShem put it in our hands,for people to work to nourish all things in this world.by keeping HaShem's Mitzvot and Chukim ,even if we may not understand all that HaShem asks of us.We can surely trust that HaShem who is beyond all knowing,knows best what is needed to be done.
This world is HaShem's World,HaShem's House where it remains a Holy House if we keep the Commandments.I noticed,that this is in the word that is our Parsha.For in the Hebrew word 'Bechukotai,' if we take these letters and put the beginning and end of this word together and the middle part as a separate word,we get ,'Batai Chok,' which means ,'My House (HaShem's House) of Decrees (Laws).' So,we make this world HaShem's House,by keeping HaShem's decrees and tthen,it becomes 'My (HaShem's) House.This world needs to run according to how HaShem knows it needs to run,inorder for it to be peaceful ,righteous and good.We need to follow Him.This is the only way.It is HaShem's way.If we could all do this,this would be a 'House' where HaShem would dwell in with us and all beauty and sweetness would fill all things around us.This is the way it will be in Mashiach's time.This is in the very word ,'Bechukotai,' which Gematrically is 2+8+100++400+10=520 and this comes down further to 5+2+0=7 ,the number of Mashiach.The time when HaShem will dwell among us and all things will be in purity,Holiness and righteousness.This will truly then be a welcome for HaShem's Blessed house.May this time come.It is up to us to bring In this time,by making this a place where HaShem can dwell,by following HaShem's decrees.Then all will be at peace and all will be safe.Let us make the right choice and turn back to HaShem and His Decrees and play our role in welcoming HaShem Home.With love of forever and beyond,I wish HaShem a Blessed Sweet Shabbos Kodesh and to all,with love,a sweet and Blessed Shabbos Kodesh.

Friday, 9 May 2014

Our Parsha this Shabbos is 'BeHar,' - ''On Mount,' and refers to HaShem speaking to Moshe on Mount Sinai.It is an interesting name for a Parsha,to call a Sedra 'BeHar,' 'On Mount,' referring to Mount Sinai.What has a mountain to do with HaShem speaking.
We are the only nation that had this collective miracle where HaShem spoke to us on Mount Sinai,to all of us,even those who weren't present at the time or Jews not yet born at the time.All Jewish Neshomas,even those who had already been and those still to come,were brought to Mount Sinai to hear HaShem speak.But why does HaShem remind us,that it was on a mountain and link it to every Law in the Torah that we are to keep even till today and beyond?Because every time we do a Mitzvah,every time we follow HaShem's Laws,we are standing back at Har Sinai listening to HaShem speak.Never should we ever feel sad that HaShem spoke then and we either cannot feel it now or were not physically there or any other reason we may have,to feel sad that this beautiful miraculous event,was somehow missed by us or our memory.For all Jews were there and also,each time we do a Mitzvah today,we are back at the mountain listening and hearing HaShem's beautiful voice of love.When HaShem speaks,even then,His voice is Eternal so even though He spoke then,His voice is still saying the same as it did then and we are still listening as we did then.We live by time,but to HaShem,time is a Creation for all is eternal and we are still full aware and listening today at that very mountain of Sinai,where HaShem's Voice echoes through our centuries as it was then to us,so it is today.It I'd through HaShem's ever eternal Torah and Laws,that we remain at Har Sinai within HaShem.We must never walk away from 'BeHar' the mountain,for HaShem never left.We must return to Him in truth and faithfulness,for in reality,we never missed the memory of this amazing happening,for it is still happening now,every time we open a Torah and learn-every time we do a Mitzvah and Law-every time we turn back to HaShem and come close to Him.Yes,we are still standing at the foot of Har Sinai.We just need to open our eyes and truly look.
We see that after the word 'BeHar,' it mentions Sabbath and ensuring that the land keeps its Sabbaths.Here is the Eternity of HaShem,for we await the Eternal Shabbos of love where we step into eternity.The mention of 'BeHar' and 'Shabbos' ,so near each other in these verses,show how the physical mountain and all that took place their is still Eternally taking place there and to walk into Eternity,all we need to do is come with our Torah and see that the Mountain still stands right near and above us and we are there.
Mount Sinai in a wilderness is a show of humility,so to remain with Torah,we need to remain humble and have total faith in HaShem and allow HaShem to be within all we do.HaShem is still talking to us right now at Har Sinai through every beautiful Commandment we do.Let our Neshomas lift up to look and see that we have been there all along.
I love You HaShem and wish You a most beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love,and to all,with love,I wish you a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love.

Friday, 2 May 2014

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parshat Emor ,where HaShem tells Moshe to instruct Aharon on the purity of a Kohen.
Our people need to be Holy ,as we saw in last week's Parsha, as HaShem is Holy.HaShem here teaches that a representative of the people who is to guide the people and keep them Holy,is to be a shining example of that Holiness in ensuring that they remain more Holy then the one's they are working to cleanse.A leader who is a good example of the right way,is the best teacher and guide of all.It is not just about dressing Holy and showing others one is Holy.It is also about acting Holy and purely and morally with kindness and sweetness to all.If you can make one person happy every day just with a small action of your time to put a little smile on their faces,you can invigorate their Neshoma and lift their emotions to one of happiness.
As I said,a leader needs to be even more Holy ,for he needs to lead others to a higher state of Holiness.If he is pure then he can come to HaShem  for us with purity and HaShem will be more ready to listen.Each of us can be a leader of Holiness and kindness to others and purity ,for HaShem puts us amongst others all the time ,so that we can influence those around us to greater G-Dliness and purity.We are always in a place for a reason even if we don't know that reason.As Hillel said (in Pirkei Avot),"in a place where there are no leaders,strive to be a leader." We are,at every moment a representative of HaShem to bring light into every place we step and into every word we say.
The word "Emor" means "Say" for it is through our clean speech to others,our sweet nice and kind way of talking,that makes others happy.It is through our mouth and tongue that we can bring holiness without hurting others (Chas Ve Shalom) or talking about them.Our speech is a pathway to bring others to love HaShem and all HaShem Creates.This brings Mashiach.Yes our mouth and what we say can bring Mashiach.It is in the very word "Emor," which Gematrically comes to 241 ,which,when we add each of these numbers,we get 2+4+1=7 which is the same value as the word "Mashiach."
If we also take the word ' Emor ' and use the same letters within it (Aleph ,Mem ,Reish) to make another word - "Alep (for Elokim) and "Ram" - in other words 'A- Ram' it means "Elokim is High." With our words and what we say,we can raise others and ourselves,to HaShem on High.
Let us all watch our words and be Holy as HaShem is Holy and be leaders for others ,to Holiness.We are not here to worry for ourselves,but to bring others to HaShem.
With love HaShem I wish You a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and to all with love a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh.