Daily Chizuk #1255

The Power of Mitzvot
We have no comprehension of how much each mitzvah does for a person. Reshit Chochma quotes from the Zohar HaKadosh that when a person does a mitzvah, it creates a spiritual garment for him, a special light that clothes the neshama. And it is those garments that a person needs to be able to enter the גן עדן התחתון – the Gan Eden down here in this world after he passes on. And only from there will he be able to move on to the גן עדן העליון – the Upper Gan Eden. Every mitzvah imbues a person with sanctity, like we say in the text of a beracha אשר קדשנו במצוותיו – that Hashem sanctifies us through the performance of mitzvot. Our entire purpose in this world is to fulfill mitzvot in the circumstances that Hashem puts us in. And so, whenever a person accepts upon himself to improve in a mitzvah or to start keeping a mitzvah, it does wonders for his neshama and it arouses an abundance of Heavenly mercy.
The power of tefila and mitzvot is inestimable. There are large amounts of mitzvot being done now from people all over the world in the zechut that all of the hostages come home. We are all praying and we are all doing whatever we can to help them and, b’ezrat Hashem, the merits from these mitzvot should cause that everyone comes home safely bekarov. Amen!