Published:
January 2, 2014
Originally recorded:
May 1, 2009
This Shabbat offers us an overwhelming amount of Light and as Michael explains, it is a Shabbat that Rav Shimon Bar Yochai and his students looked forward to. This week each of us has an opportunity to connect to the 'ultimate Light' that Nadav and Avihu connected with.
All too often, we aren’t able to appreciate our blessings until we lose them. It’s too easy to connect to the lack of what we don’t have, instead of feeling appreciative of all we do have. With this week’s dual energy of Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, we are supported to appreciate the people and things in our life while they’re here, as if they could be gone at any second, without having to lose them to see their true value.