Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 149): Getting Dressed Up For Hashem

B good morning welcome back to 10 minutes of meeting special thank you to Jeffrey G sponsored memory M Chand Ben thank you so much to Jeffrey also today's 10 minutes are dedicated by the Saka family commemoration of the 50th year of their father y Sal on the 23rd of Tav please help yourself to coffee and to Donuts don't let them go to waste RM thank you so much lead the way the coffee will split in two thank you for jumping in we are on per test Chapter 19 of has been walking us through the formula the path to be the best version of ourselves how we can live with a sense of mindfulness combine it with alacrity and Zeal how we can Purge those negative qualities from ourselves how we can pursue a life of prous we can prove we can live without which will entitle us to live with tahara how we can try to strive for Holiness not just for happiness and finally we have been discussing the different parts of what it means to be a is not about long pay or a furry hat a is about going the extra mile not being satisfied with good but striving for great always wanting more has been talking about how to strive for great not being satisfied with good both in the area of AA and when it comes to loving Hashem if you really love someone you don't give them cubic of con you buy a real piece of jewelry if you really love someone you don't scribble on a napkin you buy a card if you really love someone you don't get away with good enough you strive for Great and the same is true with a healthy dose of Y if you're filled with awe if you are inspired and you get goosebumps and you see greatness then you don't walk around casually then you don't simply have a casual attitude and relationship with the individual or the phenomenon that you are in awe of but you lean in and you feel that sense of awe you embrace it and you recognize it and you are elevated through that experience you are enriched by feeling that sense of awe our rabbis cautioned us that when it comes to the aod of the service of Hashem to not get away with the minimum but to strive for more to strive for greatness says when it comes to water designated from before chabas the water of the chabas that occurs during sukus shabas and water was exposed using water that was water that was exposed for the sacred service of hem it was filtering it neutralizing concern about snake that's good enough for a person is that good enough for a person is it good enough forem do we not embrace the offering it to the rule of your Province meaning when it comes to hem we're not satisfied ah it's probably good enough it's probably no poison it's probably okay it's probably safe the heer he's I think once I saw something that looked like that hure I have a cousin once who told me he asked he thought it was okay was once in someone's house they're pretty religious they ate it if we thought it was poison if we thought it can compromise corrupt Our Lives if we thought it could kill us would we take a risk if our child had a nut allergy and we had a doubt as to whether nut was one of the ingredients of that food would we say ah I read the ingredient panel I don't think it's in there good enough I knew someone with a nut allergy I think they might have eaten this maybe it was something different go for it of course not if the consequence were life and death were even less than that but it would compromise the health and well-being of someone we love we would never we would never um take a leap we would investigate we would evaluate we would find out when it comes to serving God give the best we go for the best we give the best last week we spoke about what kind of car do you drive you have power windows or you still uh you know going like this if you're satisfied with less than the best in other areas of your life then maybe in the service of Hashem but of every other area we want the best the most comfortable the latest version the latest update the latest upgrade then why in the service of Hashem the M add the lower version the the lower version the the lower version when it came to the two brothers Ken and he he brought an offering for the firstborn from the fattest as our rabbis expounded on the cursor is the deceiver who has in his flock a higher level but tries to get away with giving the less expensive the lower level of giving up something which will hurt less it's okay if you're invested in a relationship if you care if you want to make the statement if you want to communicate that the other party matters then you're willing to deal with discomfort inconvenience you're willing to pay a price person has to be very careful not to denigrate mitzvos not to put down mitzvos not to reflect poorly on mitzvos not to make it look like we feel burdened or the mitzvos are a pain or they are depriving us of happiness or what we want those learning the da we get to it in a couple of weeks Mill that a person who holds a safer Tor in a state of undress will be buried in a state of undress meaning if you denigrate mitzvos if a person doesn't show the honor and the respect and the the dignity if a person doesn't go the extra mile I don't know if everyone will admit but everyone has had the experience of lying in bed about to fall asleep when you realize you didn't D in Marv I don't know if you're alive if you never had that experience your eyes are closed you're dozing off you're on your way to the other world and it Dawns on you all of a sudden you haven't yet DAV Marv you got to get out of bed so the question is you get out of bed to DAV Marv and your gkas and your pajamas and a pair of shorts and robe do you get dressed to DAV Mar you're about to talk to the King of Kings you can have an audience with the almighty it's not you know you don't feel like it you were on your way maybe you took your sleeping pill already or you took your uh melatonin or had your whatever you do to fall asleep at night and you got to get out of bed do you go to the extra mile do you go to the extra mile the procedure the protocol for the bringing of are a good example they can Enlighten us about how much we're supposed to honor says there was tremendous embellishment there was Beauty there was an emphasis on the royalty the Majesty when bringing the it says the wealthy would bring their Bikur and baskets that were decorated with gold and the poor w ER again technically did it bare minimum Got Away check good enough or do we want to communicate to has that he matters and that we love him that this isn't a casual relationship and that we care we can extrapolate and apply to all the other Mitzvah of the to Torah you're right with Mitzvah we can get away but is that the measure is that what we're striving for says that ra put on expensive socks before daving prepare before you have an audience with God if you're invited to the Palace to the Oval Office by a person you respect admire you have an opportunity to have an audience with the King to have influence have input do you not take a moment to pick out your wardrobe what are you going to wear do you not wear your finest do you not press your suit your shirt do you not polish your shoes you can have an audience with the king of kings and yet we casually stumble into Sho flip-flops and sweatpants and rip t-shirts it's an audience with the King of Kings so you have to wear your tuxedo each time and then change but a person should be thoughtful mindful of what impression do I want to leave what attitude what effort do I want to give before person's going out to Mark or celebrate a big anniversary they're wearing the same thing they always wear they're dressed very casually the spouse might say that's it you're not changing what do you mean you know me you see me in this what what what's the difference difference is we're about to go spend nice time together do you want to make the effort what do we communicate by the effort that we make when it comes to ding this is the source some people have a daving jacket some wear a GLE some wear a hat whatever it is some have a different daving yamaka in their towel spec it's the efforts the statement it's what we communicate that this isn't just casual this is not happen stance or haphazard but it's by Design it's with intention it's with mindfulness it's with thoughtfulness what do we want to communicate about how important the relationship is and I'll end by saying what I think and hope should be obvious why do we care not because of Hashem you think Hashem benefits by your dusty dirty dandruff covered doing jacket it's not foron it's not because Hashem needs us to dress nicer hashem's ego is stroked because the Jewish people put on special clothing fancy expensive socks to talk to him it's not for him it's for us it's for us what does it do for us how does it transform our attitude how does it enrich and Elevate us what is the impact on us when we go the extra mile when we make the extra effort what are we saying and how are we investing in the relationship that will leave us changed as a result 8:45 living with auna tonight 9:00 behind the beima coach Steins Ryan Terrell of the 50 game winning streak Max until next time stay happy stay healthy stay holy