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Doing mitzvot are like connectors which bond us to Hashem, thus nourishing and consoling her. Dovid HaMelech writes (Tehillim 63:2), “…Tzama Lecha Nafshi; Kama Lecha Besari… (My soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You). Although our soul experiences endless craving we may not be aware of it at all times. Singing and doing mitzvot b’simcha awaken her desire and makes us aware she exists.
Singing our prayers is a great way to stir our hearts; shira itself is a service of joy. The mystical teachings explain that zemer (song) relates to zemer aritzim, cutting down tyrants. These oppressors separate us from Hashem. Song tears down these persecutors thereby uplifting our emotions. During the month of Elul, love is in the air. By singing we as though, take Hashems hand and bring Him back into our life.
What powerful feelings of love stir our heart; we go from self-centered to G-d-centered. We step away from the way ‘we’ see and think and get a glimpse of the way Hashem ‘sees and thinks’. When we strip away the façade of the body we can hear our soul. What does she say? “I rely only on You Hashem. I anoint You as King, You are the Only One True Source to existence.”
Every moment of temporal life then can be saturated with eternal potential and significance.
Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Lynn Matiya Tzivia. May Hashem bless her with a complete healing b’riut hanefesh v’b’iut haguf among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
