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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Tova Malka bas Rivka. She needs all the prayers she can get right now. She was diagnosed in April with stage 4 breast cancer and is only 43. She has two young girls 4 and 2. May Hashem shower her with a complete healing among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, brachamim, Amen.
As we tippy toe our way to Chodesh Elul with great trepidation of what the New Year will bring we should ponder, ‘What is being asked of us?’ ”Ubacharta ba’Chaim…(And you shall choose life …)” We are instructed to choose life; to make a conscious decision to want to live.
Hashem Yitborach with His infinite compassion and love of the Jewish people carves both paths in full range before us. We can clearly see the path that leads to prosperity and the roadway that heads to our own collapse, chas v’Shalom; it is our decision to make. Hashem instructs us to ‘make the choice’ and He will ensure that we embark on the pathway of our choice.
The Heavenly ‘desire’ for us to choose correctly is so intense that our mere stirring of the heart is enough of an indication to put us on the roadway towards life. The Nefesh Chaim, Rebbi Chaim m’Volozhin ztk’l teaches that when a Jew just contemplates doing a mitzvah, he ‘strikes’ his Heavenly rooted soul and causes Hashem to shower him immediately with strength and the ‘know how’ to go about fulfilling it.
From here we learn a great message that we need to carry with us all year long. The only choice a Jew essentially has is to choose;”Ubacharta ba’Chaim…(And you shall choose life …)”. This is the most important decision that each and every one of us faces at every given moment. What’s your choice?
