The Wonder of Visualization
"And the souls they made in Haran" (Bereishis 12:5). Avraham and Sarah influenced many people to believe in HaShem. How did they succeed to bring them out of the darkness and into the light? In their great wisdom, Avraham and Sarah taught them the secret of understanding the spiritual realm through the power of visualization. For instance, as long as we in this material world, we cannot fathom the eternal delights of Gan Eden. Nevertheless, through reflecting on a spiritual joy that we experience in this world, we can cultivate a belief of how much greater must be the pleasure of Gan Eden.
Lesson: The Torah credits Avraham and Sarah as if they actually created the souls of whom they "brought under the wings of the Shechinah." Through the power of visualization, they succeeded to bring these people from darkness to light.
App: Reflect on the joy of being in the company of your loved ones, and imagine the how the joy of being in HaShem's Presence must be infinitely greater.
(Based on Chochmah U'Mussar of the Saba of Kelm)
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L"N R' Yochanon Mordecai ben Ephraim and Moras Esther Leah bas Yehudah Yoseph
Refuah Shieimah Yochanon Baruch ben Fruma Etta Refuah Shleimah R' Pinchas ben Gittel Rus |
