A MASSIVE Spiritual Event Is Happening Right Now!

the gar in famously says that when the month of approaches we're supposed to Vamp up our s Vamp up our joy we have to increase how do we do that in order to increase joy we need to do two things number one we have to realize what our identity is our identity is not just ourselves but we're part of something much bigger we're part of a larger Jewish Family we're part of a community we're part of a mission statement that God had created which is to make this world a dwelling place for God we're part of something much larger than ourselves and taking the spotlight off ourselves but more focused on who we are as a whole and what our mission and purpose is inspires us with joy but there's another component here which is also focusing on who we are as individuals our individual self our individual purpose our individual passion and and experience of what life really is and it's almost like two opposites coming together and when we can like unite both of these when we can live with both of these we can experience incredible Joy the mishna at the beginning of says that on the 1 of they would make two announcements in the times of the B mikdash announcement number one they would remind everybody to give their annual donation of a half a shekele that half a shekele was used for corbano was used for public sacrifices in the base of MCAS everybody had to donate a half a shackle announcement number two they would remind everybody not to cross breed in their fields Kum Kum is the prohibition of cross breeding uh diverse plants and Fields and that was an annual reminder as well because that's going to cause problems down the line if that were to actually happen uh it's it's a it's an interesting like two very different reminders both on the same day and both being taught about in the same track date and even in the same mission in the same sentence um they they seem to be very different the half is the epitome of unity everybody's giving a half because we all complete a whole of each other right nobody on their own is complete we're all complete because we're all part of a larger sum that's what the whole message of the sheel of the half sheel Mitzvah is and we continue this to this day at least on a level of tradition even though it's not technically a Mitzvah why we practice this idea of we're each going to give half because together we complete a whole and then there's the Kum there's the prohibition of cross breeding where you have two different plants that theoretically can be combinable they can be planted together they can morph into a new identity and a new unity and we're told to keep them separate so there's the the concept of unity that we remind everybody on the first of where we're supposed to increase Sim there's the concept of individuality that we're also reminding everybody about on the first of ad because in order to have a proper ad in order to have proper Sim proper joy we have to connect to who we are as a whole but we can't forget who we are as an individual um I'll give you a a a perfect example and how this applies in Mitzvah observance Mitzvah observance generally speaking is not about the individual but it's about it's about the bigger picture there there's a certain unifying factor that comes through Mitzvah um whoever is watching this right now let let's say there's you there's me and there's Moses right the three of us we're we're very different very different I mean I wouldn't be able to compare myself to Moses by any means are you watching this I I don't necessarily know you although maybe I do but there's three diverse people but if we're all doing a Mitzvah if we're all putting on toilin despite how great Moses is and despite where I might be compared to Moses and despite where you might be there's something uniting us which is this subjective connection to God so that's the bigger picture that's the sheel connection the connection that expresses itself in who we are as a whole we could connect with anybody body on that level but then there's who we are as individuals there's the cavana the intent the passion the feeling that I put into putting on that filling and the understanding that goes into the Mitzvah and the the experience the spiritual experience that goes along with it and my personal experience your personal experience and certainly Moses's personal experience are going to be quite diverse and with every Mitzvah and the truth is with every relationship ship you have this Dynamic of who what this is as a whole and then who we are as individuals you have this in marriage as well in marriage you have your own personal opinion your own personal identity your own personal needs and drives and desires and then there's who you are as a unit as a couple and you kind of cycle back and forth between these two to preserve these two because if you suppress who you are as an individual and you just neglect it well it it's going to resurface it's it is a very real part of you but if you're only focused on who you are and you're not focused on the other person you're not focused on your identities as a unit as a couple well that can also be suppressed that's a very real part of you as well and you have to kind of go cycling back and forth that's why the AL says in his in L TOA that a relationship is called a sheer a song like King Solomon's Song of Songs why is it called a song because a song constantly Cycles a song is never just this monotone even otherwise it would be a speech a song is this series of ups and downs of connection of closeness of of space and of embracement you're going back and forth or as cabala describes it R and sh this desire to become one and then this recognition that there needs to be an individual identity with space and thoughtfulness we have to go back and forth in order for this relation ship to be sustainable and it's true in our relationship with God it's true in our relationship with our spouses it's true in our relationship with the Jewish people as a whole there's our Collective self there's our individual self and they're both incredibly important and when they're both developed at the right balance in the right way where they're not suppressing each other but they're complimenting each other we have the ability to facilitate incredible joy for the month of Ador I wish you a very joyous Ador and God willing will all s CBR at together very soon that's my story and I'm sticking to it