The Divine Embrace
From this week’s Torah Portion.
[Moses said that G-d would say,] “They are children who [act] uneducated.”
By referring to us as his children, G-d let it be known that he would never sever his relationship with us, and that we can never sever our relationship with Him – just as parents can ever separate themselves from their children, and children can ever separate themselves from their parents. The relationship between parents and their children is so essential, so strong, that no matter how seriously it may be tested, in the final analysis it will always overcome any behavior that might seem to threaten it.
It is therefore pointless to try to hide or flee from this relationship, and senseless to think that I can never be forfeited. God’s love for us is infinitely stronger than anything we may have done to weaken it.
An insight from the book Daily Wisdom; Inspiring Insights on the Torah from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Coming from the profound day of Oneness of Yom Kippur when the relationship between Jew and Hashem is experienced anew, this idea from this week’s Torah portion is ever more poignant.
Even more so is the upcoming Holiday of Sukkot, beginning Sunday evening, in which the Sukkah demonstrating G-d’s love for us, embraces us in our totality, with all of our strengths and faults. As the Chasidic saying, the Sukkah is the only Mitzvah that we enter fully even with our dirty boots.
May we celebrate with joy Hashem’s love for each of us
I hope to see you in our Sukkah, Sunday evening!
