Reeh Newsletter: Can we change our behaviour?!?
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פר' ראה – שבת מברכים אלול
Our Parsha starts this week with Moshe telling Am Yisrael (Devarim 11, 26):
ראה אנכי נתן לפניכם היום ברכה וקללה
Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse.
Sifrei Chassidus explain that this is a daily call to all of us, or in the words of Sefas Emes:
פי' שהבחירה ביד האדם לבחור טוב או רע. ואמר אא"ז מו"ר ז"ל שע"ז מברכין הנותן לשכוי בינה כו'.
HaShem gives us a choice we can make every single day, and this is why we say every morning the Bracha (blessing):
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ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם, הנותן לשכוי בינה להבחין בין יום ובין לילה
Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who gives the heart understanding to differentiate between light and dark (good and evil).
ונראה פי' היום שיש בכל יום בחירה חדשה. כי אחר שחוטא האדם מסתלקת הבחירה מהאדם כמ"ש ז"ל הרשעים ברשות לבם. ומ"מ הקב"ה מחדש בכל יום מ"ב ונותן בחירה חדשה לאדם בכל יום שיוכל להיות טוב מחדש
The Sefas Emes explains that when someone sins and makes the wrong decision, he loses his power of choice to make the right decision, but HaShem revives and recreates the entire universe every single day, so HaShem grants us every day the power again to have this choice and make the right decision.
This profound teaching tells us never ever to lose hope or give up, doesn't matter how wrong someone went, and how far we might have gone, HaShem gives us every day a new choice to make, and the capacity and faculty to make the right choice and decision.
HaShem gives us the prowess and courage to change regardless what we did yesterday or yesteryear!
Written by Moshe Neuwirth
Web Content Writer/ Creator 🎨 & Translator✍️ “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” 🌟– Franz Kafka
4mo♥️♥️♥️ love it thanks for these full of wisdom words such a beautiful reminder 🌳📚🕍📿 have a blessed day. 🤝
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4moMoshe Neuwirth, This was enormously helpful to me today! It really made a difference. Thank you.
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4moBeautiful! Thank you!