Lessons in the Service of Hashem

Lessons in the Service of Hashem

1. On Shabbos we are able to experience a pleasure in connecting to Hashem. Hashem’s main pleasure is in us and our service of Him, and on Shabbos we can come to recognize how much Hashem really cherishes us, and how much we should cherish every opportunity to connect to Hashem through the Torah and Mitzvos. In addition, we can cherish the very fact that we are Jewish, and just like Hashem cherishes and has pleasure in every Jew, we can strive to look at every Jew that way, as a precious treasure of Hashem.
2. Every day when we learn Torah, we need to look at it something totally new. This comes from looking at the Torah not as mere knowledge and facts, but as the essential expression of Hashem who is totally beyond time and space. Just like Hashem is eternal and unchanging, never old, so too when we learn Torah knowing that it is connecting us to Hashem, it becomes a totally new experience every day. When we look at the Torah for what it really is, something Divine and totally beyond the limitations of this world, then we can really see how every day it is a new Divine experience.
3. Experiencing the Torah is a journey that depends on us. For us to appreciate the Divine nature of the Torah requires us to first tap into the Divine nature of our own Divine soul. This happens during prayer, when we take the words seriously and reflect on the truth of Hashem’s Unity, we are able to tap into our Divine soul. Through this we will then be able to tap into the Divine nature of the Torah that we study after prayer and experience how every day it is truly something new.