Va’eira<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nTo feel loved is to feel trust.<\/p>\n
To feel loved is to know that you have a safe relationship, one which even your greatest weaknesses can\u2019t destroy.<\/p>\n
To feel loved is to feel that someone genuinely wants you to be your best self, because that\u2019s the best for YOU.<\/p>\n
To feel loved is to never be alone, even when there\u2019s no one around for miles.<\/p>\n
G-d\u2019s profound gift to us is pure love.<\/p>\n
Our very existence is an act of G-d\u2019s love.<\/p>\n
And our opportunities to develop an ever-greater connection with the Divine, our Mitzvot, are given to us as an act of love.<\/p>\n
Years ago, I met with a young lady who professed disenchantment with her Judaism. She told me that she had completed Hebrew School, been \u201cBat-Mitzvah\u2019d and confirmed\u201d, and majored in Judaic Studies while at University. Yet, she still hadn\u2019t found a single Jewish authority figure willing to tell her that G-d loves her.<\/p>\n
My heart was broken.<\/p>\n
Our theology is built on the faith that we all have a Divine Parent Who creates us and guides us through life.<\/p>\n
Judaism shouts G-d\u2019s love for us.<\/p>\n
When G-d gave us the Torah at Mount Sinai, G-d began with:
\n\u201dI am G-d who took you out of Egypt\u201d.
\nIt\u2019s strange. After centuries of history, G-d is finally communicating directly with humanity (as distinct from a specific prophet). It\u2019s the big introduction.<\/p>\n
Why not say \u201cI am G-d Who created you\u201d? Isn\u2019t that a greater, more inimitable feat than freeing slaves?<\/p>\n
Our Sages explain that G-d was establishing the First Principle, the backbone to Torah and of our relationship with the Divine: \u201cI am G-d Who CARES about you. I took you out of Egypt, because I suffer when you suffer. I know that there will be individual \u201cEgypts\u201d in each of your lives and I will be there with you. Because I love you, and I\u2019m always with you. Treasure this Torah and keep yourselves open to a relationship with me. Then you\u2019ll feel the love\u201d.<\/p>\n
In G-d’s world, to live is to be loved!<\/p>\n
Shabbat Shalom!
\nRabbi Yanky and Rivky Klein<\/p>\n
This email is In Loving memory of my dear father
\nR’ Yerachmiel Binyamin Halevi ben R, Menachem Klein OBM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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