Friday, 6 February 2015

Parashas Yisro

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parshas Yisro.Here,Yisro,Moshe's Father - in - Law comes to Moshe and Moshe tells Yisro of all the beautiful miracles HaShem did for us.Yisro becomes a Ger,a Jew for he realizes the preciousness that HaShem has for His people.This is the Parsha that contains the beautiful meeting that HaShem waited for since before Creation,to meet with His People.It is here at Mount Sinai,a humble mountain not bigger than others,where The Ten Commandments are given.Here where we learn that it is through humility (like the unimposing Mountain of Sinai ) that we can reach HaShem. It is here that we come and meet our Creator Who speaks to each and every Jew that was a Jew then ,that is a Jew now ,that was a Jew before and is still to be a Jew into the future and every true Convert that will come to Yiddishkeit , where all would hear the Voice of HaShem speaking .Our souls all heard His voice .When HaShem Spoke,the entire world was totally silent as HaShem gave His Holy Torah to His Holy people.The world was silent.Not even an echo of HaShem's Voice was heard, as ours would be heard , with an echo ,for HaShem's voice does not have an echo as His voice is not stopped by any physical surface but penetrates all things to the end of time.
This Parsha was chosen to be called Yisro for HaShem surely respects the true holy convert who chooses to put false beliefs behind them and embrace the True One And Only G-D,HaShem, HaKadosh Baruch Hu. 
HaShem so values the true Ger who embraces the full Torah to keep all Its Laws as our holy Rabbis teach today.
So beloved to HaShem is the Jewish Convert to Yiddishkeit.So must a born Jew be Holy and keep the Torah as well.
Yisro had been a priest of Midian and had tried all religions but found them untrue.Now,Yisro was a Jew following G-D and His Torah.Yisro had been pushed aside in his community when he found HaShem.But he stood fast to the truth that he knew.It was for this reason that his daughters remained unmarried when Moshe met Tzipporah.This shows us that we need to always stand by the truth of HaShem,no matter what the cost. 
The true Convert is the one who embraces HaShem faithfully and follows the whole Torah as Moshe Rabbeinu gave it to us.The true Convert embraces our Holy Shabbos and Kashrut Laws and all the Laws that HaShem gave the Jew.The true Convert chooses HaShem as Avraham chose HaShem and embraces the Yomim Tovim and all Laws that a Jew must follow.The true Convert who approaches a Beis Din and goes through the full process of what it is to be a true Jew,following all the Laws,becomes part of HaShem's Jewish people,The final step of true conversion is when the convert goes to a Mikvah and feels the Holiness of HaShem alight on them as the angel Rafael comes to Bless them from HaShem.It is at this stage that the Convert gets a special Jewish soul to alight on them.They are now a true Jew.
Yisro who became one of our Yidden,embraced HaShem and so, HaShem totally embraced him.Yisro will always be remembered when we read this Parsha of Yisro as we stand up in Shul and hear the Ten Commandments read out from our Holy Torah.Let us,this Shabbos ,honor the holy Gairim who went through the full Beth Din Conversion to become a holy Jew.It was not easy for them and so,let us keep them in mind and bless them for the choice they made to come to HaShem.
May all who are born Jewish come to realize the truly special gift that HaShem bestowed on the Jew and follow HaShem wholeheartedly the way Torah tells us and appreciate HaShem every day and think about the special Convert to Yiddishkeit who had to go through a hard process to become a true Jew.Let us never take any gift for granted.Thank you HaShem for making me a Jew. 
As we read our Holy Ten Commandments let us remember that as 10 is 1+0= 1 ,let these Ten Commandments lead us to the One And Only G-D , HaShem. As a Jew,we keep the 613 Commandments in our Holy Torah. 6+1+3 = 10 which also comes to One G-D , HaShem .The whole entire Torah needs to be kept to reach HaShem .Let us never change or ease up on one single Law Chas Ve Shalom for each and every Law is to be kept to reach HaShem .
As the Hebrew word 'Yoter' (meaning 'More') , is within Yisro's name , so must we do more everyday for HaShem and all living things.
With love to HaShem,I wish HaShem with love, a Holy Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all,a Holy Shabbos Kodesh with love.

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