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Beyond Speech
A Call to Every Jew
By Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz
In the portion of Lech Lecha, G-d commanded Abraham, lech lecha, “go for yourself, from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you."G-d continues to tell Abraham, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great."This is the first command given the first Jew. There is obviously a profound message that is being transmitted for every Jewish person, for all time.
What is the message? There are two approaches to understanding this verse.
The first is that it is referring to the journey of the soul, a descent from above to below. The soul is asked to leave its home in the highest spiritual realms and make the descent into the lowest possible plane, the physical world. But in this earthly realm it affects the most change and accomplishes its purpose. The effect is so powerful that it brings G-d's blessing and becomes great. This means that the soul is uplifted to higher spiritual realms, beyond where it was before its descent.
In this way of understanding the verse, we are given a glimpse of our purpose, the goal of every one of us, to make this world into a better place, the way G-d wants it. A place where G-d could call home.
The second approach is more in line with the simple meaning of the verse. It refers to the ascent from below to above we must make every day. We go from "your land, your birthplace, and your father's house," which in the context of the verse, refers to a place and an atmosphere of idol worship, "to the land that I will show you," the land of Israel, a place of holiness.
This is especially poignant now after the holidays, when we are thrust into the mundane, which chasidic teaching calls, V'Yaakov halach l'darko, “and Jacob went on his way"--meaning that every "Jacob," every Jew, goes on his way after the holidays, doing his mission to transform his part of
the world into a dwelling place for G-d.
We use the name Jacob, which comes from the word eikev, a heel, which is the lowest part of a person's body, because we can even transform the lowest part of ourselves to do G-d's will. When the heel is transformed and moves in the ways of G-d, it takes the rest of the body with it.
We see this on Simchat Torah, the grand finale of the holidays. When we celebrate through dancing with the soles of our feet, the body and head dance as well. This is the same message and a preparation for the rest of the year. If you can get the lowest part of you to serve G-d, then all of you will serve G-d. And if you can transform the lowest part of the world into a dwelling place for G-d, you can then transform the whole world. Because when you lift something from the bottom, you lift the entire thing.
Torah, mitzvot and living the life of a Jew transform this world, and we have the power to do it. We inherited the ability from our forefather Abraham. It is through this work that we complete G-d's command to Abraham: lech lecha.
Although these two explanations are opposites— the first, a descent, and the second, an ascent— they are both explanations of the same verse and are therefore simultaneously true. We must take both messages at the same time. To descend to this world, and we should try to change it from the bottom up.
Lech Lecha is a call to every Jewish person, to do all you can to complete the mission and make this world into a home for G-d. It is through both of these approaches working simultaneously that we create an environment that the highest levels of G-dliness, even the levels that are beyond the world, to enter the world and become part of our lives.
This is the key to the blessings found in our parshah, and the path to the ultimate blessing, the coming of Moshiach. May he come soon.
Story Time
Message For The Sing-Sing Prisoner
While visiting New York, Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman got a phone call from Rabbi Binyomin Klein, one of the Rebbe’s secretaries. Rabbi Klein told Rabbi Grossman that he was calling from the Ohel. The Rebbe suddenly stopped his prayers, summoned the secretary and told him that he knew that Rabbi Grossman was currently located in the United States. The Rebbe wanted Rabbi Klein to call Rabbi Grossman and ask him to go visit a Jewish prisoner currently serving his sentence in New York’s Sing-Sing prison.
So Rabbi Grossman got the name of the prisoner from Rabbi Klein, canceled all of his appointments for the rest of the day, and had his driver transport him directly to Sing-Sing, located in Ossining, New York. Upon arrival, he approached the main gate and declared that he had come to visit prisoner so-and-so—and to his surprise, they admitted him right away!
The prisoner was an Israeli doctor who had moved to the US and had been sentenced to life in prison. Over the previous few days, this prisoner had attempted suicide twice. When a rabbi arrived who had said that he wanted to speak to that prisoner, the prison let him in with open arms.
Rabbi Grossman met with the doctor, who was depressed and hopeless. Rabbi Grossman began with, “I bring regards for you. The Lubavitcher Rebbe sent me to visit you here.” Upon hearing that, the doctor burst into tears.
The doctor went on to say that he had given up on life. His freedom had been taken from him. He was no longer a human being. Here he was, an outstanding doctor who had helped so many people, now reduced to needing help from other people. He then said: “Rabbi, I’m sick of life! I want to end it all.” So Rabbi Grossman started talking to him, telling him that he was a Jew and that G-d loved him, and that he could still turn things around, etc. “Not me,” said the doctor. “I’m
too far gone.”
At that moment, Rabbi Grossman remembered the words he had heard from the Rebbe at the last farbrengen he had attended. At that time, the Rebbe had commented on the verse in Tehillim (139:5), “From the rear and the front You encompassed me,” which refers to Adam, who is considered the first and last creation in all of Creation.
Now, seemingly, it’s pretty clear from the text of Bereishis (Genesis) that Adam was the last thing created on Friday, the sixth day of Creation, after all of Creation had come to be. So then what does Tehillim mean when it says that Adam was also the first creation? How do you reconcile that?
So the Rebbe explained that, according to the Medrash, Adam’s body had indeed been created last. However, his soul had been created first— even before the creation of the angels. And that’s what the Medrash means when it also says, “If a person is meritorious, he is told, ‘You preceded the Ministering Angels,’ and if not, he is told, ‘The gnat preceded you’” (Bereishis Rabbah 8:1).
The Rebbe explained by saying that a Jew needs to know that although the body was created last, the neshama was created first, well before the Ministering Angels. Even should a person feel degraded, to the point that he feels lower than the animals, that may be true only with regards to his body—but his soul, the G-dly soul within him, stands above everything.
The imprisoned doctor sat and wept, and then asked, “That’s what the Rebbe said?”
Rabbi Grossman went back to Brooklyn and reported to the Rebbe that he had met with the Jewish prisoner. The Rebbe was pleased, and encouraged Rabbi Grossman to continue visiting him. Throughout that week, Rabbi Grossman came back to see the doctor every day. Over the course of the years, fortunately, the prisoner was released and went back to Israel.
Recipe of the week
Air-Fried Gnocchi
By: Shushy Turin, Kosher.com
30 Minutes DURATION
INGREDIENTS
1 (16-ounce) package Tuscanini Gnocchi, frozen or shelf stable
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
3 to 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 teaspoon salt Tuscanini Marinara Sauce, for serving
3-4 SERVINGS
PREPARATION
1. Mix the ingredients in a bowl until coated. Spray the basket of your air fryer and cook at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Shake about every five minutes and cook for about 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.
3. Serve with warm marinara sauce.
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