Now, we don’t have exactly that today – we look forward to that great day when we’ll be privileged once again to visit Hashem in His home in Yerushalayim but we’re still waiting. But we should listen to Dovid Hamelech because he gives us an example of physically bringing ourselves close to Hashem that we try to make use of even today. ַ̇חַ‡ ם≈ּׁ ַ̆ה ̇≈‡≈מ יּƒ ̇¿לַ‡ָׁ ̆ – “There’s only one thing I ask from You Hashem,” said Dovid. One thing! You hear that? A man has so many things he has to ask of Hashem – so many things that you want and you need. But Dovid says, there’s one thing that’s most important to me and ׁ ּ̆≈ ַ̃בֲ‡ּהָ ֹ̇ו‡ – that what I’m busy seeking always. And what is that? יַּיַח י≈מ¿י לָּכ ם≈ּׁ ַ̆ה ̇י≈בּ¿ב יּƒ ̇¿בׁƒ ̆ – I should sit in the House of Hashem all the days of my life (Tehillim 27:4).
So here’s a man who is a busy personality. Let’s say he’s a famous surgeon or maybe a great industrialist. He’s a successful man who spends a lot of time in his office. So now, when he comes home in the evening he deserves a good rest. He wants to sit on the couch with his legs up on a chair – why not; he had a long day. But he reminds himself of the words of Dovid Hamelech and he picks up his weary body and goes straight to the house he loves most; to the house of his Best Friend to sit there as long as he can.
