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Good Struggles
By Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz
Parshat Noach talks about the Great Flood, the powerful waters that destroyed all living things on the earth.
What positive lesson can we take from the flood, and why is this read directly after the holidays?
In Song of Songs, we read: "Many waters cannot extinguish the love and rivers cannot flood it." This is talking about the love we have for G-d, the hidden, essential love embedded deep inside every Jew, known as the “Pintele Yid”.
This love is compared to a fire hidden inside a coal, as the previous verse says: "her coals are coals of fire of a great flame." When you look at a coal, you don't see a flame, but inside the coal, the fire burns strong. It is also compared to a flint, which can be submerged underwater for years, but when struck, fire flames outward.
What are these "many waters" that fail to extinguish this inner fire? And what are the "rivers" that fail to flood it?
One explanation is that the many waters refer to the worries and hardships that we incur while trying to earn a living, which is simply intrinsic to the world we live in. And the rivers are when these worries, thoughts and pressures don't let up, like the strong current of a river.
Although these worries and hardships are constant, they can't extinguish the hidden love in the depths of our souls. Why not?
To understand this, we must take a deeper look at ourselves and the reason we are in this world of constant worries.
Before they entered this physical world, our souls were in a pristine, holy state. One may ask: What gain is there for the soul to come down here and be involved in this lowly, troublesome place? We must conclude that by making the descent into this world, the soul attains higher levels of holiness and G-dly revelation upon its return to its Heavenly abode. It is a descent for a greater ascent.
This is similar to taking a short-term loss for a long-term gain. Many understand the value of living
with discomfort for a while, as they build themselves up financially. They do it with joy because they realize that this is the path to their goal.
The struggles we contend with are there to help us attain the purpose of our descent into this world. And when we realize that, we start looking at our struggles differently; we begin to see them in a positive light.
Since the "many waters" are here for our benefit, they could never extinguish the love we have for G-d, because that is the opposite of their purpose.
Prior to its descent into the world, the soul is like a tzadik “righteous person” However, by descending into this turbulent world and doing G-d's will, it attains the status of a baal teshuvah “returnee to G-d”. Our sages say: "in the place where baal teshuvah stands, complete tzadikim are not able to stand," because through their struggle, they attain a level of holiness far greater than that of a tzadik.
With this in mind, we start to take our struggles in stride. We begin to see them as the path to our goals and not as the enemy. The struggles make us stronger and refine us. The struggles bring us closer to G-d. He put us here specifically to contend with this struggle-filled world. But when you understand that it is all from G-d and it is all purposeful, it is no longer a struggle. You will embrace it with joy and with a spring in your step, knowing that on the other side of this struggle is the goal you were created to achieve.
Now we can appreciate why the story of the flood is read right after the holidays. The holidays are like heaven, as we celebrate with G-d and enjoy the holiness of the time. Now, with the holidays behind us, we reenter the world of struggles. Now we need a reminder that the turbulent waters of making a living and dealing with the struggles of life are not there to hurt us, but to help us accomplish our purpose.
May our efforts to do G-d's will be successful, and may His will be realized, as we usher in 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
Pizza Pasta Skewers
By behindthesnack, Kosher.com
Pasta got ten times better with these pizza pasta skewers. They’re so easy to make and are made even more flavorful with Tuscanini Sundried Tomato Pesto.
INGREDIENTS
2 cups cooked Tuscanini Penne Pasta
1/2 cup Tuscanini Sundried Tomato Pesto
1 cup shredded cheese basil leaves
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Stack several pieces of pasta on a skewer.
3. Lay the skewers on a piece of Gefen Parchment Paper. Spread Tuscanini Sundried Tomato Pesto on top, and sprinkle shredded cheese on top of that.
4. Top the stacks with basil leaves.
5. Bake for eight to 10 minutes.
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