Chabad Inspiration
G-d Desired A Home
Creation Democracy & Destiny
Hi
Wishing you Gut Shabbos
Candle lighting NY Metro 5:35
G-d lives in a physical home:
In the Sinai desert the Jews built for G-d a physical home. A Mishkan. A Tabernacle
Why would an infinite G-d need a finite physical home ?
Chabad philosophy explains;
A dictator rules by force. A king , in Jewish thought, is crowned and coronated by his people. The population chooses and crowns the king
Prior to creation of our physical world, G-d ruled over the angles of heaven. But it was in metaphorical terms like a dictatorship. After all angels can’t choose. They must function and perform as G-d programmed them to be
It was only after G-d gave the Jew free choice to elect or reject G-d as king, did G-d have the pleasure of being chosen and crowned as king
It was only when the Jew willingly chose to build a physical “home” for G-d , in the Tabernacle, in the Sinai desert, that for the first time G-d finally was welcomed in a democratic election. We elected G-d to be our king. He was no longer a “dictator”
When we make space in our life for G-d , when we sacrifice our desires and we voluntarily yield to the will of G-d, we are giving G-d his most desired gift
As we read in this weeks Torah portion about the vessels of the Tabernacle, we realize that G-d is waiting for us to make space for him in our daily life. A vessel contains. It makes space for something other then itself to enter
The key to happiness and harmony is making space for the other. Then , paradoxically, we feel good that we made the other feel at home
That’s the “home” we build for our infinite father in heaven
In return, G-d showers us with abundance of free gifts and rewards. Health. Children. Wealth
May you be blessed to enjoy them all
Lchayim
Rabbi Velvl Butman
Chabad Lubavitch
Westchester County
Email: chabadofwestchester@gmail.com
G-d Desired A Home
Creation Democracy & Destiny
Hi
Wishing you Gut Shabbos
Candle lighting NY Metro 5:35
G-d lives in a physical home:
In the Sinai desert the Jews built for G-d a physical home. A Mishkan. A Tabernacle
Why would an infinite G-d need a finite physical home ?
Chabad philosophy explains;
A dictator rules by force. A king , in Jewish thought, is crowned and coronated by his people. The population chooses and crowns the king
Prior to creation of our physical world, G-d ruled over the angles of heaven. But it was in metaphorical terms like a dictatorship. After all angels can’t choose. They must function and perform as G-d programmed them to be
It was only after G-d gave the Jew free choice to elect or reject G-d as king, did G-d have the pleasure of being chosen and crowned as king
It was only when the Jew willingly chose to build a physical “home” for G-d , in the Tabernacle, in the Sinai desert, that for the first time G-d finally was welcomed in a democratic election. We elected G-d to be our king. He was no longer a “dictator”
When we make space in our life for G-d , when we sacrifice our desires and we voluntarily yield to the will of G-d, we are giving G-d his most desired gift
As we read in this weeks Torah portion about the vessels of the Tabernacle, we realize that G-d is waiting for us to make space for him in our daily life. A vessel contains. It makes space for something other then itself to enter
The key to happiness and harmony is making space for the other. Then , paradoxically, we feel good that we made the other feel at home
That’s the “home” we build for our infinite father in heaven
In return, G-d showers us with abundance of free gifts and rewards. Health. Children. Wealth
May you be blessed to enjoy them all
Lchayim
Rabbi Velvl Butman
Chabad Lubavitch
Westchester County
Email: chabadofwestchester@gmail.com