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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Jessica bat Annie. May Hashem shower her with a complete healing among all of those in Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
As we have been learning the past few emuna posts, the soul in essence is an agent of Hashem in charge of redeeming sparks. Every Jew experiences difficulty in fulfilling this lofty task as it is easy to succumb to the blindness of this world and ‘forget’ our purpose. The darkness of this world tremendously impairs our spiritual vision and distances us from our essence. Yet, we are not alone. The Shechinah HaKedosha is ‘dragged’ into this darkness as we attempt to elevate the physical since we often stumble into the darkness in the process.
The Jew’s essence is the Shechinah; subsequently wherever we go, She goes. Our life’s pathway takes the Shechinah with us; our destiny is intertwined with Hers. Therefore when the Sages teach us that the Shechinah is troubled by our troubles we clearly see here how true this is. Yet She is willing to lower Herself into the lowest of the lows in order to partner with us in our mission of tikkun olam.
Tikkun Olam, rectification of this world, can only take place while dwelling within this world. We are earthly agents on a Divine mission that can occur only on earth. For that reason we are meant to live in this world and repair from within; another words this world must remain a world however is in dire need of Divine light and awareness.
Our mission becomes increasingly challenging as our time expires here on earth; the holy sparks become harder to find and redeem. In effect, they refuse to be extracted as the darkness (impure shells holding the Divine light) itself fights back to keep hold of its captives (holy sparks).
We certainly have our work cut out for us, yet the real ‘Take Home Lesson’ is to never forget that with every descent, every challenge and hardship, Hashem truly is with us, fighting our battles and cheering us along with fluffy pom-poms!
