Friday, 13 November 2015

Parashas Toldot

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Toldot and tells of the offspring of Yitzchak and Rivka.
Rivka finally is given children,only to find that the pain she is suffering is due to two opposites that cannot abide together within her,within the World,within Creation.Even before these two children were born,their separate paths are set.One is to be a Holy man who looks toward his Nefesh Elokit (His G-Dly Soul) while the other is to be a man of physicality that looks toward his Nefesh Behamit (his Animal soul).
From the very beginning of Creation,a Havdallah (Separation) is set between the Holy Spiritual,in the Creation of The Heavens and the Base Physical,in the Creation of Earth.Right from the very beginning,HaShem gave us a choice-look toward Him or follow one's physical desires that lead away from Him Chas Ve Shalom.G-D didn't force us to do one or the other but gave us all , the choice to choose to be Good and so,come to Him.We are part of this physical World,yet we are to aspire to higher spirituality within it by making every physical action we do,an action toward HaShem .
Though HaShem created the two as separate,we are to make the physicality we live within,a spiritual holiness-a place where HaShem can dwell with us-a place where these two strong forces find Shalom- Peace.The desires we have are there for a reason.We are mean't to heighten them at every opportunity we are given.We can choose to remain based in our physical pulls to Earthliness or we can choose to do what HaShem Created us to do,which is ,not just to bring Earth upwards to Heaven (which we are supposed to do as well),but we are to work at bringing Heaven down to Earth so that the two can become one,for we are given physical bodies so that we can work within the physical realm,so as to make it spiritual.It is not enough to just try to be physical.We need to make the very Earth we live on,a place of Heaven.
When Torah talks ,in the beginning chapters of Bereishis about the Holy Gan Eiden,it gives Gan Eiden,very physical boundaries and rivers that we know.This is,because it is a physical place that was made Heavenly,yet is on a Higher form of Physical Earth.So we,are to do the same with Earth,by making the Physical Earth,a Spiritual mixture and thus bring peace to Creation.
Within Rivka's offspring,was the ultimate battle between Good and Evil.The very Havdallah (Separation)of Creation.Rivka asked the time-old question,'Why Am I Thus.'Why this conflict in Creation.At the heart of the answer to Rivka,is the answer given,within her very question ,for she asked 'Why am ''I'' thus?' Why 'Me?'
We each are within our own world that HaShem Creates and we each connect with other people's World's that HaShem Creates.When we come upon others,we interact with them and the World Realms HaShem Creates for them and within that interaction,comes tests.Within that interaction,comes the opportunities to find HaShem.HaShem,every moment,Creates for each one of us,a World through our own eyes.What we make of this World is the eternal choice we are given 'ourselves' - the 'I' in Rivka's question that allows us to make our own choices.To make our World,what it should be,to make our own World of Physicality,a World of Spirituality,a World of Heaven,we need to turn it into holy Spirituality by choosing G-D and His Laws.
We all have this inner conflict within us.We need this inner conflict,this Yetzer Horah so that we can rise above our physicalities and so , raise the World around us that we are within,to spiritual heights so it can become G-Dly and this all comes about by the positive choices we make toward our Beloved HaShem.
HaShem Created all things,even the Yetzer Horah that pulls us all the time.We need to realize that HaShem didn't make anything negative so that we can be pulled down by it,but all things in Creation are there so that we can rise above the negativity and come closer to Him and this is our daily task and the hopeful direction of History.As a Jewish People,we struggled to teach the World about G-D and His Oneness but as time goes by,more and more people are coming to this Truth.G-D Is One.
The history of the Jewish people through Yitzchak and Rivka are told on the beautiful pages of our Holy Torah.
Our Parsha starts with ''Ve'Eileh Toldot Yitzchak Ben Avraham,Avraham Holid Et Yitzchak, "- "And these are the offspring of Isaac son of Abraham,Abraham begot Isaac," for the history and beautiful true story of the Jewish people and our hardships through time , tell of our attempts to bring this World to G-D and G-Dliness form the very start of Avraham.
This is within the word 'Toldot' of our Parsha,'for if we look into the words that can be in the word 'Toldot,' we get 'Tela'ah Dati,' which means 'Through Hardship we become Pious and Religious,' as well as the word 'Toldah,' which means 'History .'Through our very trials and overcoming the Physical,we become Holy and Pious and Religious through our history of the Jewish People the World gets brought to G-d and G-Dliness .Through our very choices in life,as well as trials and battles against the negativities that threaten us,we become more pious if we remain faithful to HaShem's Neshama Elokit , if we don't just give up and revel in our Neshama Behamit . 
We are not just physical beings.We each have the battle within us of two regimes fighting for power-a spiritual side and a physical side.To find ultimate peace,we need to bring both the physical and the spiritual,to work together in HaShem's Service.This is the way life must travel.Mashiach,at the end of days will usher in peace to HaShem's Creation.This peace is to be a peace of the physical and spiritual working together to love,follow and serve HaShem.
With Love to HaShem,I wish HaShem with Love,a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with Love and Chodesh Tov Kislev and to all,a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and Chodesh Tov Kislev.

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