Hey everyone!
This whole thing is amazing, its great that everyones keeping involved.
firstly, i love OT's answer to my question, i heard a very similar answer that the sea reminds of of krias yam suf, and the Ramban famously says that all miracles are just to remind us that all of nature is a miracle and like OT said, God is involved in every singel part of our life all the time.
anyways, for my dt i think i will try to give a short mashal to help us all get into the elul spirit and realize what the avodah we have for the next few weeks is-
We know that elul is a time of המלך בשדה, the king is in the field. the rebbe says that the meanning of this is that he is walking through to his palace where he will be at the yamim noraim. So at first i read this and thought its great because its very nice that Hashem is walking in our midst right now, but then i realized that its very scary and doesnt make much sense, in elul Hashem is accessible, but then during the Yamim nnoraim He slips away into His palace?! But then i thought like this, which i think is beautiful- when the king walks through the field most people go over and say hello, they get a nice smile and maybe a how are you and thats it, the king doesnt remember them and its over. However, if a person puts in effort and spends time to chase after the king numerous times, he prepares a way to get the king to remmember him, he tell him things, asks him things, finds out what he likes and brings it, ect... Then the king will remmember him, and when he gets to the palace if the guy will have an in, the king will arrange to allow him in... And the greatness of that is that while the king is in the field he is accessable but he can't do much, he can't actually do what you need, you just get a smile and handshake, but when he is in the palace he can do anything. So the avodah in elul is that nothing is happening right now, but now we need to get the king to remmember us while he is right here and easily accessed so that when He is in the palace and able to do anything we will have an in, we will get a meeting one on one... (and the great part about Hashem being our king is that with a normal king he doesnt have time for all, but for us...) So hopefully over the next month we will all learn what the King likes, learn what He is all about, and start to show that we know Him and display our love for Him and with this we will stick out in His mind, and we will develop a close relationship with Him, ultimately leading up to the day when He is sitting the the throne and we approach Him as a familiar face, and a beloved and devoted servant, allowing us to have an "in" and advantage as we start off our plea with Him on the very powerful day.
Anyways, i miss Israel, davening here is not the same, meditating here is not the same, im getting very frustrated, hopefully mashiach will be here very soon.
the day after i got back i started yeshivah already with a packed day of learning, seder from 9-1, 3-6, 8-10:15, im learning the first two sedarim with elie wagner.
im heading to the five towns to play ball this afternoon with some of the kollel chevra, including some plu members, shimmy, jesse, margo, shmu... If u see a strage guy in a bekeshe and a white beard wondering around the five towns u know who it is.
ive been getting a bunch of looks when ppl see me davening with headphones in bnei yeshurun.
shwalb stay in israel and dont leave, alter im really jelous of u.
u r all invited to the final showdown between me and corey as to who captain is, it will be physical, it maybe result in death, keep posted for details...
Yakov
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