Divine Providence
השגחה פרטית
השגחה פרטית
See It On:
With G-d's Great Help - ב"ה
ניסן תשע"ה
THE HOLY BAAL SHEM TOV, THE SAGE OF BLESSED MEMORY EXPLAINED THE CONCEPT OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, AS THAT EVERYTHING A PERSON ENCOUNTERS, SEES, HEARS AND EXPERIENCES IS DIRECTLY PLANNED FOR HIM BY GOD. OUR SAGES ALSO TEACH THAT EACH OF US MUST BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS CREATED JUST FOR THEM. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS- THE WHOLE WORLD CREATED JUST FOR YOU? THEN HOW CAN IT BE CREATED FOR ME IF IT WAS CREATED FOR YOU?
EACH OF US HUMANS, AS OUR SAGES ARE A LITTLE WORLD- OLAM KATAN. WITHIN US WE CONTAIN THE KNOWELDGE OF CREATION, A GODLY SOUL, A BODY THAT IS INTERCONNECTED TO THE EARTH, THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN IT. EACH OF US HAS OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL CHARATERISTICS- NO HUMANS THAT GOD CREATED ON THIS EARTH ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN DNA (GENETIC MATERIAL), WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE BODY AND OUR OWN UNIQUE SOUL. WE EACH GROW UP WITH DIFFERENT PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HAVING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO AFFECT OUR LIVES SOMEHOW. WE MAY GO THROUGH TARUMAS, ILLNESSES AND ADVENTURES ON OUR WAY TO MATURITY. WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN EMOTIONAL TENDANCIES AND SPIRITUAL LACKINGS. WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS? WHY DO WE HAVE LACKINGS? IF GOD, THE HOLY ONE, THE ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE ENIVERSE AND ALL ITS WORLDS CREATED US, WHY DIDN'T HE CREATE US PERFECT?
WHY DID HE GIVE US AN EVIL INCLINATION? A TENDANCY TO SIN AND DO BAD, TO GET ANGRY, TO HATE, BE JEALOUS, BE ARROGANT, UNGREATFUL, UNTRUTHFUL AND SO ON AND SO ON, OUR LIST OF DEFICIENCIES IS ENDLESS. WHY? THE ANSWER OF COURSE IS –
SO WE CAN WORK ON OURSELVES AND FIX OURSELVES. IF WE WERE CREATED PERFECT THAN THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO FIX IN OURSELVES. SO, WE ARE IN THIS WORLD, IN THIS BODY, WITH THIS SOUL, TO FIX OURSELVES. THIS IS WHERE OUR EXTERNAL WORLD (AND OUR INTERNAL WORLD OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AS I EXPLAIN IN THE ESSAY ON ''THE WORK OF THE HEART'') IS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR US, INDIVIDIUALLY- SO WE CAN FIX OURSELVES. THIS IS CALLED OUR 'TIKUN' – CORRECTION.
WHEN YOU PRAY FOR CETAIN THINGS IN YOUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY TESHUVA SHELEMA, PEACE IN THE WORLD, THE BUILDING OF THE BEIT HAMIKDASH, YOU PRAY FOR CONCEPTS THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE, AND GOD SENDS YOU MESSANGERS AND CIRCUIMSTANCES IN THE PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE GOALS YOU PRAYS FOR. GOD SENDS YOU PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH, MAKE PEACE WITH, BUILD BRIDGES THAT ARE HAVE BEEN BURNT IN ORDER TO MAKE PEACE AROUND YOU, AND THIS CONTRIBUTES TO WORLD PEACE. GOD SENDS MESSEGES TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, WHAT FOODS ARE GOOD FOR YOU TO EAT, WHAT HE WANTS OF YOU IN YOUR AVODAT HASHEM, PHYSICALLY EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. HE TELLS YOU, THROUGH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO. WHEN YOU ARE SENT TO A CERTAIN PLACE, YOU MUST ALWAYS BE AWARE OF WHY YOU ARE THERE. IT COULD BE THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY SHALOM TO A FELLOW JEW. IF YOU ARE SENT TO THE END OF THE WORLD TO SAY SHALOM TO A FELLOW JEW, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT MITZVA AND BY THE VIRUE OF EVERY ONE OF OUR MITZVAS WE HELP FIX THE WORLD. SIMILARLY WITH BLESSINGS. WE ARE A HOLY NATION. WE ARE HERE TO BLESS THE WORLD. WE ARE HERE TO HEAL THE WORLD.
OUR WORDS HAVE GREAT POWER. WHEN YOU ARE SENT TO A CERTAIN PLACE AND YOU HEAR SOMEONE TELLING YOU ABOUT THEIR TROUBLES AND ILLNESSES, YOUR LISTENING IN ITSELF A GREAT MITZVA, FOR IT HELPS THE OTHER FEEL BETTER. FURTHERMORE, WHEN YOU BLESS THEM TO GET WELL, YOU ARE COMFORTING THEM AND SHOWING YOUR MERCY TO THEM. BY YOU SHEDING YOUR MERCY UPON A FELLOW, HEAVENLY MERCY IS SHED UPON THEM ALSO. FURTHERMORE IF YOU PRAY FOR THEIR WELLBEING, THIS IS EVEN OF GREATER HELP. OUR SAGES TEACH US THAT WHEN WE BLESS ANOTHER WE ARE BEING BLESSED. WHEN WE PRAY FOR ANOTHER WE ARE PRAYING FOR OURSELVES. BE AWARE OF ALL INTERACTIONS, WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU CERTAIN THINGS, IT IS USUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PRAY FOR THEM. IF YOU ASK "WHO AM I TO BLESS?" OUR SAGES TEACH (GEMARA BRACHOT) THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE A BLESSING FROM AN ORDINARY PERSON LIGHTLY. EVERY BLESSING IS HEARD IN THE HEAVENS. WE SHOULD ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES ''WHY AM I BEING TOLD THIS? WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?'' YOU WILL USUALLY FIND THE ANSWER AND YOU WILL OFTEN FIND YOURSELF SAYING "NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS SENT HERE."
WHEN SOMEONE OFFERS YOU SOMETHING, KNOW THAT IT IS GOD SENDING YOU THE OFFER, FOR YOUR SAKE.
EVERY TIME YOU ARE OFFERED SOMETHING, YOU MUST SEE IT AS AN ASPECT OF GOD THAT IS OFFERING YOU THAT CERTAIN SOMETHING. SOMETIMES IT IS A TEST, HOWEVER MOST TIMES IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO YOUR GROWTH. SOMETIMES IT MAY BE TO GO TO A CERTAIN PLACE, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE TO HAVE A CERTAIN SOMETHING TO EAT, SOMETIMES THE LESSON YOU ARE BEING TAUGHT AND THE MESSAGE GOD IS SENDING YOU INVOLVES A MAJOR LIFE DECISION. ALWAYS CONSIDER TO SAY YES. ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL IMPULSE MAY BE TO REFUSE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT, EAT THAT, GO THERE. KNOW- THAT WHAT GOD IS OFERING YOU IS BEST FOR YOU AT THAT TIME, AND REFUSING THAT OFFER WILL LEAD TO YOU MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR GROWTH, HEALING, HELPING THE WORLD. YOUR SOUL IS A COMPLEX ENTITY WHICH WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR SOULS. WHEN YOU ARE OFFERED A FOOD, MAKE A BLESSING ON IT AND EAT IT, EVEN IF IT IS 'UNHEALTHY' FOR YOUR BODY, GOD WANTS YOU TO ELEVATE THAT FOOD WITH YOUR BLESSING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EAT A LOT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS AFFECT ON YOUR HEALTH, YET THE BLESSING YOU MAKE CREATES AN ANGEL AND ELEVATES THE FOOD THAT HE WANTS YOU TO ELEVATE AT A CERTAIN PLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME. THERE ARE GREAT SECRETS IN THE FOOD WE EAT.
WHEN YOU ARE TAUGHT SOMETHING FROM ANYONE, PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO IT. THIS MAY BE A LESSON FROM A CHILD AT A SHOP WHO MAY SAY OUT LOAD SOME WORK OF TORAH, OR ADVICE ABOUT WHAT FOOD IS HEALTHY FOR US TO EAT…THE LITTLE CHILD IS YOUR TEACHER. YOUR PARENTS ARE YOUR GREATEST TEACHERS. YOUR NEIGHBOR IS YOUR TEACHER. YOUR WORK FRIENDS ARE YOUR TEACHERS. YOUR DOCTOR IS YOUR TEACHER. THESE ARE ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES OF MANY.
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A CERTAIN WORD OF TORAH, ADVICE FROM A SAGE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HEAR.
AT MOUNT SINAI WE WERE ALL ONE, AND WE ARE STILL ALL ONE.
IN THE HEAVENS THERE ARE NO SEFARDIC JEWS AND ASHKENAZI JEWS. THERE ARE NO MITNAGDIM AND THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHO IS RIGHT.
THERE ARE ONLY JEWISH SOULS, AND ALL JEWISH SOULS NEED NOURISHMENT FROM THE ADVICE OF ALL JEWISH SAGES. THESE SAGES CHANNELED (BROUGHT DOWN) CONCEPTS FROM THE HEAVENS ABOUT GOD'S LAW AND THE NEEDS OF THE SOUL OF ALL JEWS, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE FROM THEIR STREAM.
SO…
WHATEVER STREAM OF JUDAISM YOU ARE IN, WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS OF A CERTAIN SAGE, THIS IS GOD WANTING YOU TO HEAR THIS ADVICE- AND FOLLOW IT. DO NOT BE PROUD AND SAY 'THIS IS NOT FOR ME I AM SEFARDIC, I AM ASHKENAZI, I AM NOT ON THAT LEVEL…'; IF YOU HEAR IT THAN IT IS FOR YOU!
YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? YOUR SOUL IS ANCIENT, IT COMES FROM GOD, FROM THE SOURCE ITSELF. IT WAS AT MOUNT SINAI, A JEWISH SOUL PART OF GOD'S SOUL. NOW WE ARE ALL MIXED AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED MANY STREAMS AND CUSTOMS. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS THE TRUE REFUA AND TESHUVA SHLEMA FOR YOUR SOUL. THAT CERTAIN CUSTOM THAT IS NOT YOURS MAY BE JUST WHAT YOUR SOUL NEEDS FOR ITS NOURISHMENT FOR THE REFUA SHELEMA. IF YOU ARE HUMBLE, THEN GOD WILL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU NEED, AND IF YOU FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS, YOU WILL BE AMAZED WITH THE RESULTS. YOU WILL SEE WHY HE HAS LED YOU IN A CERTAIN WAY. AGAIN, I MUST SAY THAT SOMETIMES THE REASONS ARE NOT OBVIOUS, THEY MAY BE HIDDEN AND ONLY MUCH LATER BE REVEALED, OR SOMETIMES THEY MAY NEVER BE REVEALED TO OUR HUMAN EYES AND INTELLECTS. IF YOU ARE UNCLEAR OR CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING, IF THE WAY THE HOLY ONE IS SHOWING YOU IS NOT CLEAR, TELL HIM THAT YOU ARE UNCLEAR, CONFUSED, WANTING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS- HE WILL SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGES TO YOU, FROM PEOPLE, EVENTS, IN YOUR DREAMS AND VISIONS. ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU IN WHAT WAY HE WANTS YOU TO GO. HAVE COURAGE TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD, EAT WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO EAT, DO THE MITZVAS HE WANTS YOU TO DO, QUIT YOUR JOB, MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY, MAKE A MAJOR LIFE TRANSFORMATION… THE JOURNEY IS VERY REWARDING AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE WAY.
WHEN YOU REALISE THAT EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE COMES FROM GOD…
EVERY INTERACTION IS A CHALLENGE TO GROW IN A CERTAIN SPIRITUAL WAY…TO PRAY…TO HELP YOURSELF, OTHERS AND THE WORLD…
THEN YOU ARE TRULY AS A REDEAMED JEW, FOLLOWING GOD'S LAWS, AND WAYS…
THIS IS THE SPARK OF MASHIACH.
שיויתי ה' לנגדי תמיד
I PLACE GOD BEFORE ME ALWAYS
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU HOW I HAVE DONE IT.
WHEN YOU DO THE SAME,
YOUR WHOLE WORLD IS GODLINESS,
AND YOU ARE REDEAMED.
With G-d's Great Help - ב"ה
ניסן תשע"ה
THE HOLY BAAL SHEM TOV, THE SAGE OF BLESSED MEMORY EXPLAINED THE CONCEPT OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, AS THAT EVERYTHING A PERSON ENCOUNTERS, SEES, HEARS AND EXPERIENCES IS DIRECTLY PLANNED FOR HIM BY GOD. OUR SAGES ALSO TEACH THAT EACH OF US MUST BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS CREATED JUST FOR THEM. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS- THE WHOLE WORLD CREATED JUST FOR YOU? THEN HOW CAN IT BE CREATED FOR ME IF IT WAS CREATED FOR YOU?
EACH OF US HUMANS, AS OUR SAGES ARE A LITTLE WORLD- OLAM KATAN. WITHIN US WE CONTAIN THE KNOWELDGE OF CREATION, A GODLY SOUL, A BODY THAT IS INTERCONNECTED TO THE EARTH, THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN IT. EACH OF US HAS OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL CHARATERISTICS- NO HUMANS THAT GOD CREATED ON THIS EARTH ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN DNA (GENETIC MATERIAL), WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE BODY AND OUR OWN UNIQUE SOUL. WE EACH GROW UP WITH DIFFERENT PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HAVING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO AFFECT OUR LIVES SOMEHOW. WE MAY GO THROUGH TARUMAS, ILLNESSES AND ADVENTURES ON OUR WAY TO MATURITY. WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN EMOTIONAL TENDANCIES AND SPIRITUAL LACKINGS. WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS? WHY DO WE HAVE LACKINGS? IF GOD, THE HOLY ONE, THE ALMIGHTY, THE CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE ENIVERSE AND ALL ITS WORLDS CREATED US, WHY DIDN'T HE CREATE US PERFECT?
WHY DID HE GIVE US AN EVIL INCLINATION? A TENDANCY TO SIN AND DO BAD, TO GET ANGRY, TO HATE, BE JEALOUS, BE ARROGANT, UNGREATFUL, UNTRUTHFUL AND SO ON AND SO ON, OUR LIST OF DEFICIENCIES IS ENDLESS. WHY? THE ANSWER OF COURSE IS –
SO WE CAN WORK ON OURSELVES AND FIX OURSELVES. IF WE WERE CREATED PERFECT THAN THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO FIX IN OURSELVES. SO, WE ARE IN THIS WORLD, IN THIS BODY, WITH THIS SOUL, TO FIX OURSELVES. THIS IS WHERE OUR EXTERNAL WORLD (AND OUR INTERNAL WORLD OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AS I EXPLAIN IN THE ESSAY ON ''THE WORK OF THE HEART'') IS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR US, INDIVIDIUALLY- SO WE CAN FIX OURSELVES. THIS IS CALLED OUR 'TIKUN' – CORRECTION.
WHEN YOU PRAY FOR CETAIN THINGS IN YOUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY TESHUVA SHELEMA, PEACE IN THE WORLD, THE BUILDING OF THE BEIT HAMIKDASH, YOU PRAY FOR CONCEPTS THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE, AND GOD SENDS YOU MESSANGERS AND CIRCUIMSTANCES IN THE PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE GOALS YOU PRAYS FOR. GOD SENDS YOU PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH, MAKE PEACE WITH, BUILD BRIDGES THAT ARE HAVE BEEN BURNT IN ORDER TO MAKE PEACE AROUND YOU, AND THIS CONTRIBUTES TO WORLD PEACE. GOD SENDS MESSEGES TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, WHAT FOODS ARE GOOD FOR YOU TO EAT, WHAT HE WANTS OF YOU IN YOUR AVODAT HASHEM, PHYSICALLY EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. HE TELLS YOU, THROUGH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO. WHEN YOU ARE SENT TO A CERTAIN PLACE, YOU MUST ALWAYS BE AWARE OF WHY YOU ARE THERE. IT COULD BE THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY SHALOM TO A FELLOW JEW. IF YOU ARE SENT TO THE END OF THE WORLD TO SAY SHALOM TO A FELLOW JEW, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT MITZVA AND BY THE VIRUE OF EVERY ONE OF OUR MITZVAS WE HELP FIX THE WORLD. SIMILARLY WITH BLESSINGS. WE ARE A HOLY NATION. WE ARE HERE TO BLESS THE WORLD. WE ARE HERE TO HEAL THE WORLD.
OUR WORDS HAVE GREAT POWER. WHEN YOU ARE SENT TO A CERTAIN PLACE AND YOU HEAR SOMEONE TELLING YOU ABOUT THEIR TROUBLES AND ILLNESSES, YOUR LISTENING IN ITSELF A GREAT MITZVA, FOR IT HELPS THE OTHER FEEL BETTER. FURTHERMORE, WHEN YOU BLESS THEM TO GET WELL, YOU ARE COMFORTING THEM AND SHOWING YOUR MERCY TO THEM. BY YOU SHEDING YOUR MERCY UPON A FELLOW, HEAVENLY MERCY IS SHED UPON THEM ALSO. FURTHERMORE IF YOU PRAY FOR THEIR WELLBEING, THIS IS EVEN OF GREATER HELP. OUR SAGES TEACH US THAT WHEN WE BLESS ANOTHER WE ARE BEING BLESSED. WHEN WE PRAY FOR ANOTHER WE ARE PRAYING FOR OURSELVES. BE AWARE OF ALL INTERACTIONS, WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU CERTAIN THINGS, IT IS USUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PRAY FOR THEM. IF YOU ASK "WHO AM I TO BLESS?" OUR SAGES TEACH (GEMARA BRACHOT) THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE A BLESSING FROM AN ORDINARY PERSON LIGHTLY. EVERY BLESSING IS HEARD IN THE HEAVENS. WE SHOULD ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES ''WHY AM I BEING TOLD THIS? WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?'' YOU WILL USUALLY FIND THE ANSWER AND YOU WILL OFTEN FIND YOURSELF SAYING "NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS SENT HERE."
WHEN SOMEONE OFFERS YOU SOMETHING, KNOW THAT IT IS GOD SENDING YOU THE OFFER, FOR YOUR SAKE.
EVERY TIME YOU ARE OFFERED SOMETHING, YOU MUST SEE IT AS AN ASPECT OF GOD THAT IS OFFERING YOU THAT CERTAIN SOMETHING. SOMETIMES IT IS A TEST, HOWEVER MOST TIMES IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO YOUR GROWTH. SOMETIMES IT MAY BE TO GO TO A CERTAIN PLACE, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE TO HAVE A CERTAIN SOMETHING TO EAT, SOMETIMES THE LESSON YOU ARE BEING TAUGHT AND THE MESSAGE GOD IS SENDING YOU INVOLVES A MAJOR LIFE DECISION. ALWAYS CONSIDER TO SAY YES. ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL IMPULSE MAY BE TO REFUSE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT, EAT THAT, GO THERE. KNOW- THAT WHAT GOD IS OFERING YOU IS BEST FOR YOU AT THAT TIME, AND REFUSING THAT OFFER WILL LEAD TO YOU MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR GROWTH, HEALING, HELPING THE WORLD. YOUR SOUL IS A COMPLEX ENTITY WHICH WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR SOULS. WHEN YOU ARE OFFERED A FOOD, MAKE A BLESSING ON IT AND EAT IT, EVEN IF IT IS 'UNHEALTHY' FOR YOUR BODY, GOD WANTS YOU TO ELEVATE THAT FOOD WITH YOUR BLESSING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EAT A LOT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS AFFECT ON YOUR HEALTH, YET THE BLESSING YOU MAKE CREATES AN ANGEL AND ELEVATES THE FOOD THAT HE WANTS YOU TO ELEVATE AT A CERTAIN PLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME. THERE ARE GREAT SECRETS IN THE FOOD WE EAT.
WHEN YOU ARE TAUGHT SOMETHING FROM ANYONE, PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO IT. THIS MAY BE A LESSON FROM A CHILD AT A SHOP WHO MAY SAY OUT LOAD SOME WORK OF TORAH, OR ADVICE ABOUT WHAT FOOD IS HEALTHY FOR US TO EAT…THE LITTLE CHILD IS YOUR TEACHER. YOUR PARENTS ARE YOUR GREATEST TEACHERS. YOUR NEIGHBOR IS YOUR TEACHER. YOUR WORK FRIENDS ARE YOUR TEACHERS. YOUR DOCTOR IS YOUR TEACHER. THESE ARE ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES OF MANY.
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A CERTAIN WORD OF TORAH, ADVICE FROM A SAGE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HEAR.
AT MOUNT SINAI WE WERE ALL ONE, AND WE ARE STILL ALL ONE.
IN THE HEAVENS THERE ARE NO SEFARDIC JEWS AND ASHKENAZI JEWS. THERE ARE NO MITNAGDIM AND THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHO IS RIGHT.
THERE ARE ONLY JEWISH SOULS, AND ALL JEWISH SOULS NEED NOURISHMENT FROM THE ADVICE OF ALL JEWISH SAGES. THESE SAGES CHANNELED (BROUGHT DOWN) CONCEPTS FROM THE HEAVENS ABOUT GOD'S LAW AND THE NEEDS OF THE SOUL OF ALL JEWS, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE FROM THEIR STREAM.
SO…
WHATEVER STREAM OF JUDAISM YOU ARE IN, WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS OF A CERTAIN SAGE, THIS IS GOD WANTING YOU TO HEAR THIS ADVICE- AND FOLLOW IT. DO NOT BE PROUD AND SAY 'THIS IS NOT FOR ME I AM SEFARDIC, I AM ASHKENAZI, I AM NOT ON THAT LEVEL…'; IF YOU HEAR IT THAN IT IS FOR YOU!
YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? YOUR SOUL IS ANCIENT, IT COMES FROM GOD, FROM THE SOURCE ITSELF. IT WAS AT MOUNT SINAI, A JEWISH SOUL PART OF GOD'S SOUL. NOW WE ARE ALL MIXED AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED MANY STREAMS AND CUSTOMS. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS THE TRUE REFUA AND TESHUVA SHLEMA FOR YOUR SOUL. THAT CERTAIN CUSTOM THAT IS NOT YOURS MAY BE JUST WHAT YOUR SOUL NEEDS FOR ITS NOURISHMENT FOR THE REFUA SHELEMA. IF YOU ARE HUMBLE, THEN GOD WILL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU NEED, AND IF YOU FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS, YOU WILL BE AMAZED WITH THE RESULTS. YOU WILL SEE WHY HE HAS LED YOU IN A CERTAIN WAY. AGAIN, I MUST SAY THAT SOMETIMES THE REASONS ARE NOT OBVIOUS, THEY MAY BE HIDDEN AND ONLY MUCH LATER BE REVEALED, OR SOMETIMES THEY MAY NEVER BE REVEALED TO OUR HUMAN EYES AND INTELLECTS. IF YOU ARE UNCLEAR OR CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING, IF THE WAY THE HOLY ONE IS SHOWING YOU IS NOT CLEAR, TELL HIM THAT YOU ARE UNCLEAR, CONFUSED, WANTING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS- HE WILL SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGES TO YOU, FROM PEOPLE, EVENTS, IN YOUR DREAMS AND VISIONS. ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU IN WHAT WAY HE WANTS YOU TO GO. HAVE COURAGE TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD, EAT WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO EAT, DO THE MITZVAS HE WANTS YOU TO DO, QUIT YOUR JOB, MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY, MAKE A MAJOR LIFE TRANSFORMATION… THE JOURNEY IS VERY REWARDING AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE WAY.