Parashas Vayera

Our Parashah this Shabbos is Parashas Vayera where HaShem appears to Avraham in the heat of the day.
This was the third day since Avraham's circumcision and the most painful day so HaShem had specifically kept guests away from Avraham so that Avraham could be given time to heal.But Avraham being the master of chesed kindness felt so bad that he couldn't invite guests in that he put his pain aside and sat at the entrance to his tent.HaShem had specifically made the day very hot so that people wouldn't travel and thus save Avraham the trouble of waiting on guests and also,HaShem made it very hot so that it would help Avraham heal his wounds.When HaShem saw Avraham's despair at not being able to show Chesed,HaShem decided Himself to go and visit Avraham with the three angels - Michael (who was to bring news of the birth of Yitzchak),Gavriel (who was to destroy Sodom and Amorah Admah and Zeboiim and Tzoar(which was saved on Lot's account) ) and Rafael,who was to take out Lot's family).We learn from this that it is proper to visit the sick.
At first Avraham is not aware that the three men are angels,thinking they were arab travelers and thus asks them to wash their feet as desert travelers worship the dust they walk on.He then invites them in and with the usual hospitality of Avraham,tells them he would do little for them but lavishes them with a feast fit for a king.After Michael tells of the coming of Yitzchak ,they all get up to leave and the two other angels (Gavriel and Rafael) set off toward Sodom.
First HaShem Appears to Avraham and waits on the side after the angels come.After the angels leave,HaShem then again addresses Avraham and gives Avraham a chance to plead for the cities that have done such evil.
Sodom was a very evil place,a place where charity was not allowed ,at the pain of death.It was a law in Sodom that all who came there had to be robbed.Anyone found giving charity there would be killed.The Midrash tells of what happened to Avraham's servant Eliezer when he traveled through Sodom.As he arrived in the city he was beaten and robbed and he brought his case before the Sodomite judge who told Eliezer that he must pay the man who robbed and beat him as the man had done him a favor by letting his blood.Eliezer was beyond wise and so,Eliezer hit the judge and when the judge asked why,Eliezer said that the judge now owes him for letting himself be hit by Eliezer and he (the judge) can now give the money to the first man ,who had hit Eliezer.Then Eliezer was offered a room for the night but refused,knowing the laws of Sodom that anyone who was longer then the bed they slept on,would be cut down to size and anyone who was shorter that the bed they slept on,would be stretched.Eleizer then visited a feast but no one offered him a meal for they would have been killed so Eliezer sat down and told the person next to him that he would tell others that that person had offered him a meal.the person got scared and left.One by one,Eliezer did the same with the next one and the next one till Eliezer had an empty table full of food to consume.This was the type of place that was Sodom.
What was the final straw for HaShem in deciding to destroy these cities?Lot's elder daughter P'lotis who was married to a Sodomite,saw a beggar on the street and ,knowing the law that anyone who gives food to a beggar faces death,put this Law aside and constantly brought the beggar food.The Sodomites noticed that the beggar wasn't dying and when they spied on him they saw that she was feeding him.The Sodomites stripped her ,tied her up in the square and put honey all over her body so that the bees would come and sting her to death.Her screams of agony reached On High and HaShem said ,"Enough."
First Avraham pleads for 50 righteous people,hoping that at least in the 5 cities,there would at least be ten righteous people but there were not.Avraham continued to pray for the cities ,each time reducing the number but unfortunately there were not even 10 righteous people and so Avraham had to stop pleading.
When the 2 angels reached Sodom,they met Lot who secretly invited them in.When Lot's wife E'eris,a Sodomite by birth saw that Lot had invited strangers into the house,she shouted at her husband that he must not take them in.When she saw he wouldn't listen,she said she would divide the house between herself and her husband so she could say that she never had the guests in her half and she then proceeded to alert all the neighbors by asking them for salt.It wasn't long before the city converged on their house asking for Lot to give over his guests for immoral practices.Lot refused and offered his daughters instead,which led to the tragic events afterwards when Lot and his 2 daughters ran to a cave and his daughters plied their father with wine,baring from him the 2 nations of Moav and Ammon as they thought the whole World was destroyed.
Lot had delayed in leaving and had to be rushed out by the angels who had blinded the Sodomites.While Lot was fleeing with his wife and 2 daughters,his wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt (as punishment for having alerted the city over an issue of salt).
When Avraham awoke in the morning,he awoke to the billowing of smoke in the distance as the 4 cities had been destroyed by HaShem through his angel Gavriel while Lot had been saved by HaShem by the angel Rafael.Such is HAShem's judgement of those who do evil.
The name of the Parsha is 'Vayera' and means 'Appeared.'HaShem Appeared to Avraham in the heat of the day at midday when the Sun is at its height.The word 'Vayera,' has within it the Hebrew word 'Ro'eh,' which means 'See.'Here is a hint that HaShem is always there but is only seen when HaShem wills it and when we are worthy enough to 'See' HaShem's Shechinah.We are not on a level to See HaShem.It was only Moshe that saw the clearest view of the back of HaShem,of any human being but if we keep holiness and follow HaShem wholeheartedly,HaShem can Bless us with His Closeness.No human being can see HaShem but we can be given a touch of HaShem's Sweetness if He Wills it.If we keep to His Commandments and do all that HaShem asks us to do and follow HaShem as Avraham did,with faith and love,HaShem can appear to us too in as way HaShem can choose that we are able to stand.The very fact that the word 'Vayera,' was used shows that HaShem is there all the time but can Appear so that we can see Something of His love when we are worthy.We need to learn to turn toward HaShem and His Will and put our own wishes aside and so, show that we want to 'appear' to HaShem's Will and so HaShem can reciprocate by giving us more of Himself.HaShem is all around us,in the sweetness of the fragrance of the flowers that He made to beautify His World.HaShem is in the sweet air that comes in and helps us live.HaShem is right there with us all the time even when we think things are tough. HaShem is there to hold our hand and surround us with His love.
In this Parsha,HaShem Appears to Avraham and His Spiritual Essence is throughout the Parsha,even in the punishment of the evil 4 cities that were destroyed,HaShem Appears in various ways.If we fulfill His Will and be what He wants us to be,His Appearance will be sweet and pleasant.The choice is ours.HaShem first Appeared in this Creation,When HaShem Created this Creation.Before that,it was Only HaShem.When HaShem Appears to anyone,it is a spiritual reminder of HaShem's love for us when HaShem first gave of His Chesed in Creating Creation.We can see this in the word 'Vayera," for in Gematriah the word comes to 6+10+200+1=217 and 2+1+7=10 which is the number of pronouncements that HaShem made in Creating Creation.HaShem's Appearance is with love.Even when HaShem punishes,HaShem punishes out of Chesed and Love and as it was in the Beginning when HaShem Created this World and so 'Appeared' to His Creation as HaShem,The Creator,HaShem also till this day,does everything as an Appearance of Love and Chesed.
We need to learn that this World is there for us to shower Chesed on ,by keeping HaShem's Creation Holy,keeping HaShem's Commandments and Torah and doing good to all that HaShem Created so that HaShem can again 'Vayera' - 'Appear' to us in Love.
With deep love to HaShem,I wish HaShem with love a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love.

Parashas Lech Lecha

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Lech Lecha.The Torah says ,"VaYomer Ad-nai el Avram Lech Lecha Mei'Artz'cha U'Mimolad't'cha U'MiBeit Avicha el Ha'Aretz Asher Ar'Echa," -"HaShem Said to Abram,"Go for yourself from your land,from your relatives and from your Father's house to the land that I will show you."
If we look closer at this first verse of the Parsha,interesting insights light up.
When HaShem tells Avram to leave Ur Kasdim where he was born,Hashem says,"Lech Lecha," - "Go for you." HaShem could just have said 'Go,' so why did HaShem add 'For You - Lecha.'
Avram in Ur Kasdim was like a precious fragrance as the Midrash describes that if kept closed,cannot be shared and permeate the air around it.But if that bottle of perfume is opened and allowed to spread around ,it sweetens the World at large.It was now time for Avram's special sweet holy fragrance to sweeten the World outside so he could share HaShem with the World.This action of Avram going,was also for him,for he was a fragrance of holiness that needed to be shared and if shared,it would also allow his neshoma to grow spiritually.Sometimes we find ourselves in a place of stagnant water where we can't grow and life seems to never change.It is at such a time where we need to go out of 'ourselves,' so that the true sweet essence within , can be shared by many and not just a few.In the sharing,we ourselves raise our own personal levels of holiness and so,can carry on our journey toward HaShem.So HaShem asked Avram to leave all that was familiar,his home,his family and relatives and even his Father's house and travel to an unknown land.
What is interesting is that when HaShem tells him to go,HaShem does not say to where he is to go.All HaShem says is that he must go to a land that HaShem will show him.So how did Avram know where to go and even in which direction to travel.The answer to this is in the last word of the first verse of this Parsha.HaShem tells Avram to go to a land 'El Ha'Aretz Asher Ar'Echa,' that HaShem would show him.If we look at the word 'Ar'Echa,' we see that within this word , are the words 'Ohr' and 'Ach.'The word 'Ohr,' means 'Light,' and the word 'Ach,' means 'Only,' so HaShem told Avram to go to a land that is 'Only Light.' The land that is only light,is Eretz Yisrael.' Avram knew in which direction to travel.All Avram had to do was follow the 'light,' within him that HaShem put to match the light of HaShem's Holy Land,the site of the future Temple in Yerushalaim.It takes a holy man to see HaShem;s light and Shechinah and Avram was this holy man.So Avram followed this light he saw of HaShem's Shechinah that led him,from within him.We see a similar happening later on when Avraham and Yitzchak are travelling to Mount Moriah and HaShem tells Avraham to go to one of the mountains there but doesn't tell him which one.When they approached this area with the two young men ( Eliezer and Yishmael ) , Avraham asks them if they see anything but they say they don't yet when Avraham asks Yitzchak, he , as Avraham , sees the Light of HaShem on the specific mountain they are to go to.Here too in Parashas Lech Lecha ,Avram follows this light of HaShem to his destination.Also,in both happenings,HaShem tells Avram that at this destination to where HaShem is sending him after he leaves his home and listens to HaShem Who tells him to 'Lech Lecha,' ,HaShem can and will be seen there as the Hebrew word has within it - 'Ar'Echa,' for HaShem will show Himself to Avraham and his descendants,the same as HaShem said to Avraham at the Akeidah,' HaShem Yir'eh,' On this Mountain HaShem will be seen.'It was here on this Mountain that was to be the site of the Holy Temple in Yerushalaim.
Herein is the secret to life.If we follow HaShem's Wish and Light ,it will lead us to HaShem and the destination to which this World is to go,but if we follow our own path (Chas Ve Shalom) and do our own thing,it will lead nowhere.How can we all see this light?It starts by turning toward HaShem and His Law.If we turn away from the Light,we will not see It,but if we turn toward It and follow It,It will lead us to where we need to go.Our Torah on so many occasions,is compared to light.It is like a lighthouse for ships to bring them home.All we need to do is turn toward it and follow it home and we will finally be at home in the Precious Arms of HaShem and His Never Ending Love.
As HaShem tells Avram,that he must 'Lech Lecha,' - 'Go for himself,' so is every action we do for HaShem,actually for our benefit and good.If we just close our eyes and imagine just being within the Light of HaShem,' we see that there is nothing else that can compare.There is nothing else that comes close.It is the ultimate of ultimates.
HaShem gave us The Torah of Laws for our benefit so we can bring this World back to Gan Eiden and make Heaven and Earth one.
The Words 'Lech Lecha,' in Gematriah come to 30+20+30+20=100 and 1+0+0=1 so when we 'Lech Lecha' away from our own needs and go toward HaShem and His Torah which leads us toward HaShem,we become '1' 'one' with HaShem .This is the destination of Creation,for all things to become one with HaShem.
With the most deepest and special love to HaShem,I wish HaShem with love,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love.

Parashas Noach

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Noach.The Parsha's first verse says,'Eileh Toldot Noach Noach Ish Tzadik Tamim Hayah B'Dorotaiv Et Ha Elokim Hithalech Noach.'-'These are the offspring of Noah-Noah was a righteous man,perfect in his generations;Noah walked with G-D.'
This first verse of the Parsha says so much about how we are supposed to be and how Noach was.This verse tells us that Noach was the father of us all , for from him,all the nations and people came.This verse tells us that Noach was righteous among his generation,where his generation was evil and Noach chose to rise above all those around him and be good.While all others were stealing and murdering and killing and following the stars as deities,Noach was G-Dly.Noach had the inner strength to stand up to the evil temptations and pressures of his day and that was an amazing task,for the whole World was evil.Noach wouldn't be bullied.Noach wouldn't be persuaded toward evil.Noach loved G-D Whole-heartedly.This verse also teaches that a person who walks in G-D's Ways of good and righteousness,literally walks with G-D and has G-D at their side.This is how we are all to be.How people behave around us,should never affect what we do.This is our ultimate test.No matter what pressures are put upon us,to conform to the negativity that surrounds us,we must remain pure and Holy and righteous to HaShem.It is within us all,for Noach and his strength is within us all.It took one man - Noach to save humanity and persuade HaShem that this World is still worth saving and so each one of us can be that 'one.'Each one of us can work toward bringing others to HaShem.
The Parsha starts by saying,'Eileh Toldot Noach,' - 'These are the offspring of Noach,' for this is the start of our opportunity to build a world,an opportunity given to us by G-D through this holy Tzaddik,to correct the wrongs that the generation before the flood had committed and build a new World.When we look at the sins of that generation and we look around us today,we see that little has changed.What were the sins of this generation?Our. Sages say that the people of this generation had gone astray,having such a Blessed World that they forgot it was G-D who gave it to them and believed that their own witchcraft practices and their own physical powers was the cause of the World's abundance and blessings to them.G-D had Blessed them with beautiful fruits and food yet they thanked other celestial bodies like the sun and moon and stars (G-D's creations) for what G-D gave them.They looked to their own arrogance and put themselves up as powerfu beings that can stand without The Creator Chas Ve Shalom.When robbery became the pastime of the day,this was the final straw that caused HaShem to say 'Enough.' Robbery undermines the very moral code of a society and is an insult to HaShem for it shows that people want what G-D never gave them and take it from others (as if they know better what they need) ,this showing a complete disregard of faith in HaShem and His Wisdom in ruling the World.People would steal from others just a small amount that was just enough so as not to look like robbery but stole within the bounds of a lawless law.People would move the boundaries of their fellow just a little bit so as not to be counted as stealing according to Law.A man who would put down a basket of fruit,would suddenly have hordes of robbers and thieves coming and taking it,but each one would take just under the amount that would be considered illegal stealing.Bands of robbers would steal people's clothes from off their backs and some would walk around without clothes for fear of their clothes being stolen.When people use the Law to break the Law,then the very backbone of society no longer exists in upholding morals.It was here that G-D said ,'Enough' and came down to judge humanity.
The World was judged and G-D decided to wipe off humanity save and except for Noach and his family.
It was here where our sages feel that though Noach was righteous,it was only in his generation,for had he lived in the generation of Moshe Rabbeinu,he would not have been as righteous , for the sages teach us that where Moshe would pray for the people when hearing HaShem's judgement against them,Noach did not.He built an Ark for himself and his family.Yet,though the first verse of this Parhsa talks of Noach being an 'Ish Tzaddik' - 'Righteous Man,' they point out that he was 'Tamim Hayah B'Dorotaiv,' - 'Perfect in his generation,' as compared to the people of his day.Yet I feel that this makes him even more righteous for he stood up to everyone in his day and followed G-D's Word that Noach carries to all of us.The Parsha starts by telling us that 'These are the offspring of Noach,' to also remind us that the Laws given to him are the same Laws we are to still keep as offspring of Noach. 
All the generations from Noach came down to us.We are are each a child of Noach that HaShem G-D instructs to follow G-D's path.
HaShem told Noach to build an Ark.This Command of HaShem goes further for HaShem wants us all to also build an Ark within ourselves so HaShem can dwell within us.
The Ark took 120 years to build and this was to give the generation time to change their minds.Yet they continued to mock Noach.The trees for the Ark were grown to the exact size the Ark would need,without having to cut them,as HaShem had taught Noach how to do.The animals would come in pairs and the Kosher animals would come in pairs of seven.The animals came themselves and any animal that had commited perversions with humans were denied entry into the Ark.The fish remained as before for they had not committed perversion with humans.
When the time came,Noach tried to delay for seven days hoping the Mabul,the flood would not come, but it did.G-D had previously sent many warnings to get the people to repent,like making the Sun rise and set in the opposite directions from which it normally does and also harsh rains as well as other physical calamities in the hopes that people would change but they did not.The people tried to stop Noach from entering the Ark , but HaShem sent lions to surround the Ark and protect him.The Giant named Og was also saved and he was put on a little platform outside the Ark.Noach would feed him through a hole.
The people said that nothing would overcome their strength and if rain would fall,they would simply climb the mountains or stop the water from beneath , from coming up , by standing on the holes.It was for this reason that HaShem caused the water to rise many amos above the mountain tops and heated water to come from the deep.When boiling water started to come up from the deep,people tried plugging them with their children.Nothing helped and all humanity perished besides those on the Ark.As a reminder of the hot water from the deep,HaShem let 3 of these hotsprings remain till today,one being in Tiberius.HaShem constantly gives us opportunites to correct things if only we would listen.
It was for fear of another Mabul that the later generations who built the tower of Bavel made sure this time to built a very high tower thinking they could overcome G-D.But G-D knows all and though this time humanity worked together,even to do something wrong,HaShem was more lenient because of their togetherness and so confounded their language.The different sects of humanity at the time that had different intentions for building the Tower,were punished with different punishments,some being destroyed,others being turned into monkeys and the rest finding they couldn't understand each other's new language.Yet,there was one man who stood out among the rest ,who walked past the building operations every day while the people tried to get him involved,but he continued to refuse,for he was a man who was called the 'Ivri' the 'Man on the other side of the negativities of the World,a man who stood with G-D.This man was Avram from Ur Kasdim.Here again , we have the idea of one righteous man who carries humanity and does what G-D wants,no matter what that may be,not what he wants.Here again is Righteousness that stands alone with G-D and carries the World as a hope to HaShem that there is still hope for this World.
G-D asks of each and every one of us to stand with Him against all negativity,rising above it as the purified waters rose higher and higher to clear out all impurity.G-D asks of each and every one of us to let shine the part of HaShem that is within us all to purify the World and keep it as HaShem intended.To have the courage to those around us to stand up and do the right thing and make this entire World,a place for G-D to dwell.Each of us can be that 'one' that is HaShem's sweet hope for this World to make this World into what HaShem intends it to be.Within our heart,G-D wrote His Law and if we let the heart G-D gave us,shine forth,this World according to G-D's Laws,will be a World of Heaven.A World that is according to G-D,is a World that can fulfill the last part of the first verse in this Parsha which says ,' Et Elokim Hit'Halech Noach,' - 'With HaShem walked Noach,' for fulfilling HaShem's Wish and Laws,will have the sweetest reward of all,to walk with G-D.To walk with G-D is the ultimate calm holy comfort and this is what Noach's name means for the root of the word 'Nach,' means 'to settle,stay,rest,console and be in comfort,' for when Noach was born,HaShem lifted his proclamation on the Earth that he had told Adam when Adam was told that through his own sweat he would get food,for HaShem Blessed the World with abundance in Noach's time.So,will we be Blessed with comfort and rest and Blessings with HaShem if we follow HaShem Whole-Heartedly for we too,will have the ultimate Blessing,to walk with HaShem.
With sweet love to HaShem,I wish HaShem with love,a Sweet Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all,a sweet beautiful sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love.

Parashas Bereishis

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Bereishis where we return to the Beginning of Creation and the beginning of the Torah.
Though it is our Beginning,it is not the beginning of the plan of Creation,for our Midrash tells us that HaShem wrote the words of the Torah as the blueprint of Creation,the equivalent of 2000 years before Creation itself.Our Rabbis say 'HaShem looked into the Torah and Created the World.'The Torah was the plan of Creation and the World that HaShem Created from it,was to be a World where this very Torah is to be kept.So in essence,the Torah is the very epitome of Creation itself and its result , for a completed World where Torah is to be kept.
The very fact that HaShem used the Torah which He Wrote,to Create the World shows us that every little detail that HaShem Created ,has a purpose in the Master Plan of Creation.HaShem Created everything to serve toward the fulfillment of His plan for the result of Creation.We may not truly be able to see this plan but the wisdom and intelligence that lies underneath all things,is so beyond our comprehension and understanding that we see that we can have total faith in our Creator who Created all things,past present and future,at the beginning of Creation.What I mean by that,is that HaShem Created all things that have been,are and are still to come,right at the beginning of Creation.The very fruit we eat and the very day we live in, day to day,was all Created with HaShem's Immense Wisdom,right at the beginning of Creation.Thus,all things still to come,await their physical opportunity to come,from the very beginning of time.So wise is HaShem.
We note that the first word in Torah,begins with a 'Beis,' and not the first letter 'Aleph,' of the Hebrew Alphabet.This is to show that HaShem's Names 'Elokim,' and 'El,' which start with an Aleph,represent showing us that HaShem was before Creation and that HaShem Created all things.
The very 'Beis' that the first Torah word starts with,shows that all HaShem Created ,is to be His House (in Hebrew 'Bais' ) and that His Creation,us,must make his 'House,' - this 'World,' a place where HaShem can dwell.We do this by raising the physicality of all things around us,by keeping HaShem's Torah,which is the Creation's plan.Thus,the very plan of Creation - the Torah - leads us to the result of where Creation is supposed to go.
When HaShem pronounced the very first verse of Torah ,' Bereishis Barah Elokim Et HaShamaim Ve Et Ha Aretz,' Creation came into being and HaShem put what He had made,into its place ,making Creation every day till the Shabbos,on which Creation,is due to rest and be filled with the Holiness of G-D.
Every time we Bless something and say 'Borei,' we are actually Blessing what was Created at the beginning,that waited till we Bless it in HaShem's Name Only,so that its spiritual essence can return to HaShem.The very word 'Borei,' is within the first two words of the Torah ,in the words ''Berei'shis Barah,' so the very Creation that G-D made is an opportunity for us to Bless the Physical and raise it to higher spiritual levels.Everything we do,everything we Bless,everything we encounter,is a designed opportunity to bring the physical back to G-D.
HaShem left His Creation in our hands so that we might work with Him to complete the task of making ourselves and all around us ,Holy by following the Torah that leads to G-D.
In the Torah,we see that there are many Names by which Torah refers to G-D.These Names are Attributes of HaShem that manifest in Creation at different times.When HaShem first Created this Creation,HaShem used His attribute of Justice - 'Elokim,' (which is HaShem's Attribute of Judgement,as it appears in the first verse of Torah) for HaShem first Created a Creation that runs on Heaven and Earth,strict Justice but,knowing our human weaknesses,HaShem tempered His justice with 'Ad-nai,' Mercy for we could not have lived if we were judged with strict justice due to our human weaknesses.
We see that out of the 10 pronouncements that HaShem used to Create Creation,HaShem gives at the Beginning ,'Light.' HaShem saw that the 'Light' was so immense that we would be unable to take such Holiness,so HaShem withdrew some of that light which HaShem let's filter down for us on each and every Shabbos we have and the rest will be given in Moshiach's time.Within the first word 'Bereishis,' are the words 'Berei' and 'Sheis,' which shows that at the beginning,HaShem Blessed Creation with His Blessing and at the end,will bring about Moshiach,the final result to complete Creation,bringing Creation back to Him,as Sheis was the first child that Adam Ve Chava conceived after they left the Garden,in this physical World.The very words in Torah that talk of the births of Kayin and Hevel say that Adam ''had ' known his wife,' which Rashi says shows that these two sons were conceived before Adam Ve Chava had left the Garden.So Sheis was actually the first child born to them outside the Garden of Eden and so we await a 'Sheis' to be the child that will be Moshiach that will lead us back to Gan Eiden,ushering in The End Of Days.
This shows that even before Creation,when HaShem Created Creation,HaShem already put the solution to our World into the very first word of Torah for our Mercy for HaShem knows already what we will do and what we will need ,before we even make the mistakes we choose to make.
How Vastly Beautiful and Almighty is our Beloved HaShem.
From the very first moments of Creation till HaShem finished His Work on the Seventh Day,right till the time that Adam Ve Chava sinned,HaShem was so close to His Creation.But Aveirahs distanced us from HaShem and the only way back , is HaShem's Torah.
As each generation after Creation got further from keeping HaShem's Wish,the distance continued to grow,till the world reached a point where it was beyond saving,except for one family with their father Noach.HaShem had sent many warnings to try to stop the evil that people were perpetrating but people,as today ,didn't want to listen.HaShem gives us a beautiful World.If only we would realize it and bless and thank HaShem for it and know that all are welcome on its ground without wars.We just need to all follow HaShem with love.
HaShem so wants to give us His light.All we need to do is put our own feelings aside and follow HaShem as HaShem wants to be followed.The Blessings HaShem would shower on us would be endless.We see this also in the first verse of Torah where it says that HaShem Created 'Ve Et Ha Shamaim Ve Et Ha Aretz.' We see that 'Shamaim' is plural showing the Seven Heavens Levels that HaShem Created where HaShem only makes 'Ha Aretz,' 'The one Earth.' HaShem Created more levels of Blessing us in the many levels of Heaven than of the Earth where we are to earn Shamaim.HaShem so wishes to shower His Creation with His Closeness,Blessings and Light.It is up to us to do the right things by HaShem and thus receive HaShem's Closeness and Blessing.We do this by starting at the beginning of the Torah at Bereishis and learning HaShem's Torah so we can know how to be for HaShem ,in doing our part in bringing Creation to its intended result and bringing all things back to HaShem.
With love and special thanks to HaShem for all that You Created for each and every one of us and for Creating the World anew every morning for us,may You HaShem have a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love

Parasha in Chol Ha Moed Succot

Our Shabbos this week falls within Succot and on Simchat Torah,we complete the reading of the Torah and Parashas 'Ve'Zos Habracha' (which was Moshe's Blessings to the tribes before he passed away ) and start again with the beginning of 'Bereishis.' 
Torah learning never ends.There is so much to learn and know that we don't even have the slightest idea what we don't know.Even when we finish reading the Torah,we start again and see how much we never knew.No matter how many times we read through the Torah,we don't even come close to learning a small percent of what is in It. Torah reading thus becomes an eternity and is the sweetest way to gain eternity.HaShem Who Created all things is beyond Eternal and to strive to come close to Him,We learn His Laws to become one with Him.
The first word of the Torah ,in 'Bereishis' is the word 'Bereishis,' which means 'In the Beginning.' The last word of the Torah is the word 'Yisrael.' So if we put these two words together that appear in the beginning and at the end of Torah,we get 'Bereishis Yisrael,' - 'In the Beginning,is Yisrael.' The concept Yisrael - Jews in our Holy Torah was always HaShem's Wish and thus,HaShem's Torah is for Yisrael,His people for whom this Torah was given that they may teach Creation how to follow G-D and that we can also learn how to follow G-D.At the Beginning,was the concept of a 'Yisrael,' that would follow G-D's Holy Law and Way and at the end of Creation's reason for being,will be 'Yisrael,' the human following of Torah itself-the Torah as a living being.This is 'Yisrael,' the purpose of Torah itself,to bring the human,physical being,to be that,which Torah brings that human to be,a follower of G-D the way G-D wanted at the beginning of Creation.The result of following Torah will be 'Yisrael,' the nation that follows G-D as G-d always wanted and so,the word 'Yisrael,' is the last word of Torah just as 'Yisrael,' is the destination to where HaShem wants us to go,when He wrote the Torah,to get us there.
The first letter of the Torah is the letter 'Bet,' and the last letter of the Torah,is the letter 'Bet/Vet.' These two letters spell the word 'Lev,' which means 'Heart,' for it is within the heart that HaShem rests within us and it is there where our Holy Torah is to sit and guide us.When all our 'Hearts' are toward HaShem and His Wishes (and not our own) then Creation will be complete.
We note that at the beginning of 'Bereishis,' HaShem started the Torah with the second letter 'Bet' not the first letter 'Aleph,' for the Aleph ,which represents HaShem (appearing in His Name Elokim and El ) shows that HaShem (The 'Aleph) was before Creation so our Torah starts with a large letter 'Bet' to remind us that we as physical beings are not the Creator,but HaShem Who comes before Creation ,was there before ,Creating Creation.
Moshe,in his last words,blesses the tribes.Moshe reached the fiftieth gate of wisdom,the highest that any man has ever reached and was the greatest prophet that will ever be.Moshe had completely raised his Neshoma to great heights and his Blessings would last to watch over us for all time.As our sages say,to make a Blessing deeper,the one Blessing should see the object of his Blessing,so before Moshe went back to HaShem,he looked upon the tribes and blessed them for all time.His blessings are still on us,helping us today and watching over us,assisting us to climb higher toward HaShem.Moshe faced Par'o whose throne in Mitzrayim was at the top of fifty steps,signifying the Par'o and Egypt's low spiritual level of their being at the fiftieth level of Tum'a (Impurity) so Moshe completely overcame them when he reached the fiftieth level of Purity and Wisdom.Thus,his blessings remain in our hearts and in our souls for evermore.When it came time for Moshe to return to HaShem,even the angel of death who was sent to fetch his soul,was not able to do this for Moshe's level of Holiness had reached the heights of Shamaim.It was only HaShem Who could come and bring Moshe close to Him again,with a Divine Kiss.Moshe returned to G-D.Though Moshe has left us,we can still feel his love for each and every one of us,in every word he wrote in our precious Torah.On the day he returned to HaShem,he miraculously wrote thirteen Torah scrolls,one for each of the twelve tribes and one other that was to be in the Tent of Meeting.Till Moshe's last moments,he was still serving HaShem and watching over us.
Though Moshe's name refers to being 'drawn out,' of the water,it was HaShem Who sent Moshe to 'draw us out' of Egypt and bring us to meet our Creator.It was HaShem Who sent Moshe to 'bring us out' of Egypt, the place of Tum'a Impurity and bring us to The Place of Holiness which is HaShem.It is now up to us,to remain in this place of Holiness.We can do this,by following every word that HaShem had Moshe write so that Creation can reach its intended destination.
When we do this,we will truly become Yisrael and return to 'Bereishis' ' intention of a World where HaShem is invited to dwell among us.
As Torah is never ending,so can we be if we only hold on to HaShem through His Torah , for true Eternity is with the One Who Created Creation in the Beginning and its path is 'Yisrael.' Within the word 'Yisrael,' are the words 'Yesher El,' which means 'The Straight Correct Right path to G-D.'
May HaShem continue to love and. Bless His Creation and may we all follow the one and only true Torah as our path to HaShem.
With deepest love,I wish HaShem a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Good Yom Tov Chag Sameach with love and to all, a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and a Good Yom Tov Chag Sameach.