Shavuot: Vessels to contain G-ds Light
The Maharal says that Shavuos is only one day while Passover and Succos are a whole week, because the light of Shavuos is so heavenly that the world is too small to contain it, it just comes like lightning in one day. But this is also not completely true, because we do have vessels for the light all year long, not only for one day or for one week, but for eternity. You see my friends, in the realm of time and space Shavuos is one day, but that one day makes us into vessels to contain G-d’s light forever.
The Torah is not a book. It is not words, it’s the light from beyond, it’s the most heavenly revelation, But night and, especially, the one hour before dawn are the holy of holiest. According to our holy tradition, all of nature, the entire cosmos, stood still when G-d told us “I am your G-d”. It is a must for all of us to be together at the holiest of all nights so we will learn from midnight to dawn. With great joy and fire, it will not be a learning with our heads alone, it will be taking in the Torah into the deepest most eternal chambers of our soul. Can’t wait to see you on these holy moments.
New York, Sivan 5753
Reprinted from Cong Kehilath Jacob News
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