This Shabbos is Parshas Terumah where HaShem instructs Moshe that we should all contribute a 'Terumah,' a 'Portion,' to the building of the Sanctuary so that we can make a place where HaShem can dwell among us.HaShem instructs that our heart must be what motivates us to give.It is within each one of our hearts , where HaShem desires to dwell.Today is also Rosh Chodesh Adar where we come toward Purim and remember that HaShem saved us from our enemy.
It is interesting that HaShem asks us each to contribute a 'Terumah,' a 'Portion,' toward the Sanctuary and what is inside it.
HaShem does not ask it of only one of us, but that we each contribute a portion toward It and that the giving should come from our heart,the seat of our feelings where HaShem wants to rest His Kindness and Goodness.We are not alone.We are part of a whole and only when we gather together as one nation , can we truly welcome HaShem.It needs a 'Terumah,' a 'Portion,' from each one of us to welcome HaShem and make a Place for HaShem to dwell.We are all needed.None of us are more important than the other.We each have our own personal role to play in the scheme of things.Arrogance holds off HaShem from this world.Only through common bonds and working together in peace and harmony and humility,can we bring HaShem back down to this world and have HaShem dwell among us.Those who reach higher positions in this world ,only have those positions because HaShem gives it to them and deems it so.They are not in those positions to put down others but to be a help to those that need it.Without those they can help,they too would not need to be in those positions.So HaShem wants us all to work together to make this world a place of peace and harmony and only then,can HaShem dwell among us all.We need to 'Gather Together,' and become a 'unit,' in serving HaShem Only and then the End of Days can start.In Bereishis 49:1 Yaakov tells his sons to gather together so he can tell them of the End of Days.Thus only when we gather together,in peace and harmony,can we welcome the End of Days.
Each of us are of equal value and when one of us is in need,then we are obligated to help.We cannot turn our backs and say,'Let me only worry about myself (Chas Ve Shalom).'' That was how it was in Sodom.That is not how HaShem wants it to be.HaShem is One and so are we to be one.
We may not always realize it but each one of us, is only a portion and not the be all and end all of what must be.We are not perfect and need others to help us better ourselves.We cannot do it alone.
The same is with a husband and wife.Only when they are married,do they become a whole.HaShem calls a wife a 'Help-Mate' as man and woman need each other to correct themselves.It is in the mirror of another person that we can see our own faults and correct them,bettering ourselves and climbing spiritually,to HaShem.
So HaShem wants us to give from the heart.Not because HaShem would tell us,but because our heart should motivate us to give.An action starts with a thought and as HaShem's thoughts bring on Angels,so will our holy thoughts bring Malachim to help us get better.If a good action we do is motivated with a good positive thought and true heartfelt emotion to do good,then the Malach we bring on by our action,will carry that thought to Shamaim.If we all work together to do good,then all our actions together, can literally carry HaShem's Shechinah to live among us and so, all things around us , will be Blessed.
The word 'Tzeddakah,' which means "Charity',also means 'Righteousness', and it can lift this world and all that is in it,to heights beyond our imagination.The very Creation of this world by HaShem,was a Tzeddakah ,an action of HaShem's Charity and Righteousness as HaShem gave each one of us a world.When we Bless the things in this world,we raise the physical back to G-D and also take possession of that which we Bless ,for all belongs to HaShem.Nothing is ours.All we Bless and everything we give,is from HaShem.So when we can all realize that all is from HaShem ,HaShem will bring this world to a state of purity and the essence of HaShem will be seen in all things.But first we need to give our portion,our heart to HaShem and those around us that HaShem Created.We need to give ourselves as Tzeddakah to HaShem's Creation.
When we forget HaShem (Chas Ve Shalom ) we are reminded by negative things in the world. As we approach Purim we remember how HaShem saved us when our people came together and returned to HaShem.Today is Rosh Chodesh Adar that approaches Purim where we ,as a people came together with Esther and Mordechai to fast and renew our faith in G-D . When we became one nation under HaShem,HaShem saved us.
On Purim,we are to assemble together to hear the Megillah reading.Here again is the idea of us coming together to be one under HaShem - each of us bringing ourselves as a part portion of the whole ,to make a whole as one nation , under HaShem.
This is what HaShem wants of us and what HaShem waits for. For us to remember HaShem and to be as one.
Our Parshah of Terumah ,where each of us was asked to take a portion with our heart,is the secret to the End Of Days for when we come together and become a whole ,a 'unit' of One, under HaShem, keeping HaShem's Laws,HaShem will bring on the End Of Days and the Holy Third Temple that we await,will be in our midst and HaShem will dwell sweetly among us.
I wish HaShem with Love a Beautiful Holy Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with Love and to all , a beautiful Holy Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with love.
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