Our Parsha this Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Elul is Parashas Re'eh.
HaShem puts before us Blessings if we choose to follow His Laws or else,we will end up hurting ourselves Chas Ve Shalom,if we turn away from His Laws. HaShem Gives us a choice of what we do and so,by that, where we end up .
HaShem says through Moshe 'Re'eh Anochi Notein Lif'neichem Hayom Beracha U'K'lalah,' - 'See,I present before you a blessing and a curse.' HaShem warns us to choose wisely that we can receive His Closeness and Blessings.What happens to us is truly up to us. HaShem uses the word 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' for it is the eyes that see and desire that which we should not want.In our Shema in the third paragraph, HaShem warns us not to follow after what the eyes see and the heart wants and so,go astray Chas Ve Shalom.The eyes see and the heart wants and desires. With the word 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' HaShem teaches us how to keep ourselves safe from Aveirahs and Curses and how to ensure we choose wisely,the path of Blessing.With the word 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' HaShem teaches us that we must learn to control what we see and look away from that which is not good and which we deep down know ,could negatively tempt us. HaShem teaches us that we must 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' to look at only Holy things , for once we look, the heart may desire and the Yetzer Horah will have already gotten a foot-hold into getting us to turn away from what is Holy and pure and good Chas Ve Shalom.
HaShem wants us to follow Him wholeheartedly and also Fear Him in Love.Within the word 'Re'eh,' is the word 'Yareh,' which means 'To Fear.' HaShem understands the different levels we are all on and so,puts before us a warning of fear to remind us of the curse we bring if we don't listen to Him.True Fear of Hashem is one of Love,where we get to a level of recognizing His Awesomeness as The Creator.We must forever be cognizant of the fact that we are always in His Presence and so we must act accordingly with love and awe.If we were in the presence of a human king,we would act with honor and respect.How much more so,with HaShem The King of kings HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , seeing that we are in His Presence all the time.
HaShem ,in His Wisdom, knowing we are physical beings ,helps us by giving us Mitzvot that are Holy to look at and remind us of His Oneness and Commandments,like the Tzitzit that when we look at it, we will be reminded of his Commandments , as well as Mezuzot on our houses to remind us of His Oneness always where we live.
The more we look to Holiness and 'Re'eh,' - 'See' Holiness, the more of HaShem's Essence we will be able to appreciate and the closer to HaShem we will get . We see this in the very word 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' for its Gematrical value is 200+1+5=206 and 2+0+6 = 8 .When we take HaShem's Name 'Yud Key Vav Key ,It comes to '10+5+6+5=26 and 2+6=8 . So HaShem's Holy Name has the same Gematrical value as the word 'Re'eh,' for the truest Blessing we could ever see,if we keep HaShem's Torah Commandments, would be to see HaShem's Shechinah.
So, we must at all times, 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' and look toward HaShem's Direction in everything that we do and say and think .
This Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh ELUL , which is the month leading up to Rosh HaShanah, which is the time period near the end of ELUL and beginning of TISHREI when HASHEM Created Creation . So at this very time, HaShem comes closer to His Creation and looks at each and every one of us.This is a time to increase Torah learning.This is a time to look deeply at ourselves and 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' if we are on the correct path toward HaShem and His Commandments and to make sure that we get on the correct path toward HaShem .It is during this month of ELUL,that we start to blow the Shofar every day as HaShem Calls us to Repent and improve in Torah and Mitzvos .This is the time where we increase our Torah learning and find every possible way , HaShem's Way , to get closer to HaShem . As the Month of ELUL represents when one spells out the letters,it forms the word ," 'E'li 'L'i Ve/ 'U' Dodi 'L'i ,' - 'I am to my Beloved and my Beloved is Mine,' for it is at this time , in the month of ELUL where we must look Heavenward to HaShem , our Beloved, and say,with every action we do and think, that ' I am to my Beloved HaShem as He Wants me to be and my Beloved HaShem is mine .' HaShem then responds ,'I HaShem am here for my Beloved Creation and My Beloved Creation is Mine and I Want My Beloved Creation to always be with Me and close to Me.'
At this time,we must all 'Re'eh,' - 'See,' the true Beauty of HaShem's Shechinah by following HaShem's Holy Mitzvos of Torah and do all we can to bring HaShem's Creation to the place it is meant to go to, by us following HaShem with all our Hearts and Souls and then we will 'Re'eh,' - finally 'See,' the true beauty of HaShem's Love .
With love to HaShem, I wish HaShem with love , a Blessed sweet and beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov Elul with love and to all, a sweet and beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov Elul with love.
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