| "And you shall make a parochet (curtain)…" (Exodus 26:31) Rashi explains: "Parochet means a partition; and in the language of the Sages it is called a pargod—something that separates between the King and the people." (Rashi) All of us want to draw close to the King. But how does one truly come close? The answer is: only through the partition. Without a partition, the closeness is flawed and mistaken. It is not genuine closeness, but a distorted path in serving HaShem. When a person feels that he is serving HaShem and rising from level to level, and his entire avodah depends on the feeling that "everything is going well," that he is constantly ascending—then when he falls, Heaven forbid, he will completely shatter. Even worse, he may come to regret his earlier "successful" days. The true path is one of waiting and constant anticipation for the real salvation—which is genuine closeness to the light of HaShem, may He be blessed. It is the understanding that every single movement a person makes is in order to fulfill HaShem's will; to value every step and every act as being done for His honor; and to wait patiently to merit drawing closer to Him—doing only His will, at every moment of the day. When one lives with this sense of yearning, longing, and patient waiting, he gains two priceless gifts: on the one hand, he truly appreciates every good thing he manages to do; and on the other hand, he does not fall apart when he sees how distant he still is. May it be HaShem's will that we merit the true redemption, both collectively and individually. Shabbat Shalom. |
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