Tirtza - Parshat Re'eh - A Shabbat.com Message

it's true that sometimes difficulties trigger us to turn towards god for assistance if all our needs are met we may imagine that we can do everything by ourselves without hashem and from this vantage point one could deny the creator's existence in this week's para charles moshe rabeno tells the people of israel si i place before you today a blessing and a curse the blessing will come when they fulfill god's commitment and the curse will come if they abandon them oftentimes our hearts tend to lead us to the wrong way causing us to be far from god the renowned scholar viona gaon of blessed memory said it's impossible to sow a field unless it has been plowed and similarly the blockage in our hearts tintum alev prevent a spiritual feeling from penetrating it so how can a hard soil of our hearts be plowed with strong emotional upheaval this can come from sudden disaster or greater excitement when our hearts are excited the natural blockage is removed and this provides an opportunity to show the world that spiritual joy far exceeds the joy of material success by trying to reach spiritual joy we experience supreme happiness of transforming the lower material joy into the higher spiritual realm the darkness of the nine god into the great light of the moon of faith in god just like moshe robino mentioned we can choose life spiritual fulfillment over the emptiness of living apart from god i truly hope you have an amazing shabbat shabbat shalom you