Quotation do Powtórzonego Prawa 14:1
בָּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֧ימוּ קָרְחָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם לָמֵֽת׃
Dziećmi jesteście Wiekuistego, Boga waszego: nie czyńcie na sobie nacięć, ani róbcie łysiny nad oczyma waszemi po umarłym!
Bnei Machshava Tova
But our Father, the Merciful Father, has mercy on us and awakens in our hearts a spark of desire and knowledge, that we know that it is not enough for us to be only like a "slave son of a maidservant." True, he serves the king, but his work is "behind the millstones," far away from the king - he does not hear his words or delight in his brilliance - service with a closed mind and stopped heart. Rather, our desire and longing is to be like a (royal) child - "you are children to Hashem your G-d" - so that in our worship of Hashem, whether in Torah, prayer or other commandments, we feel our nearness to Hashem. And like the son who rejoices to greet his father after not seeing him for several years and after suffering great longings for him, so too in our service we wish to feel our soul speeding towards its Father for whom it longs all day and night; running and dissolving - the dissolution of the soul as it spills into the embrace of its Father in heaven.
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