This Space Belongs To Something Higher Than Just Ourselves

When I became religious, my mother didn't just tolerate my decision. She entered into it. She said, "I'm going to kosher my kitchen." So, she called up Rabbi Danny Kersh and together they cussed the entire kitchen. She made her home holy. But it didn't stop there. The more she observed a life structured by Torah, the more she recognized its truth. She started to keep Shabbat. She would often say almost in disbelief, "Why isn't everybody doing this? This is what Jews are supposed to be doing, isn't it?" In para's bow, redemption begins at home with a decision that says this space belongs to something higher and with making time holy through kadesha kodesh the sanctification of the moon. And that's perhaps the deepest lesson of paraso. True redemption, true guula begins when a person chooses to let holiness enter their home, into their time, and enter their