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קטגוריה: Parashat Hashavua

פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 05:09

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Portion of Pekuday – Ending Book 2 of the Famous 5 - How Good is Good?

Reb Elimelech ofLizensk wrote the Hassidism/Torah Book "Noam Elimelech".

Actually, Saturday nights, his son Elozer  used to write down the talks given each Shabbat,  and later on show them to his father "for corrections". (These were the basis of the book.)

One time his father asked "who wrote this stuff? It's pretty Holy!" not realizing that they were his own words!

So who knows how Holy we are?

On this week's portion Reb Elimelech said: There are 3 types of Tzadikim (Holy People).
(All the great Masters remark on the fact that the portion begins with sentences repeating the word PEKUDAY – "orders" – 3 times. I try here to explain Reb Elimelech's view.)

There is a Holy person who accepts gifts only to give to others, and there is a Holy person who accepts gifts for others but also in order to personally survive.We all are ordered by Hashem in some way.

Yet there is a third type of Holy person who is always praying and living in a heavenly sphere continuously supplicating for the good and welfare of the Almighty's world and G-d's people and ALL the creations of the Holy One Blessed Be He. This is a level of orders not everyone can achieve easily.

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach used to say, ALL of us are HOLY, and anyone can be Holy – just you have to know where to START – like with Shabbos.

You may feel you can't satisfactorily keep the Shabbos – so start with JUST ONE HOUR.

And then when you have that under your belt – try two hours.  And later three hours. Etc.

The same with HOLINESS – start slow – BUT STRIVE TO ADVANCE IN G-DLINESS AS YOU CAN.

Have a wonderful and HOLY Shabbat
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

• Portion of Pekuday

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