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Daily Chizuk #0747
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Amazement at Creation: Seeing His Glory in the Heavens
Sukkot: What Impresses Hashem
The pasuk says in Mishlei, שקר החן והבל היופי אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל – loosely translated to mean the outer beauty of a person is not what impresses Hashem. Because that He created. What makes a person beautiful in the eyes of Hashem is the person’s yirat Shamayim – his fear of Heaven. When it comes to this world, people get impressed by an expensive suit or dress. If we want to impress Hashem, then we make sure the garments we are wearing conform to the halacha. With the holiday of Sukkot upon us, we have an opportunity to perform an abundance of mitzvot and shine so brightly in front of Hashem. The Gemara says on the pasuk -זה קלי ואנוהו” -התנאה לפניו במצוות “- beautify yourselves in front of Hashem by performing mitzvot. The better we do a mitvah, the more beautiful we look to Him. We all want to find favor in the eyes of Hashem, adorning ourselves with mitzvot is the way to accomplish it.
Let us appreciate the mitzvot that we have in front of us, living in the sukkah, shaking the lulav and etrog, being happy on the holiday. Let us perform them with great joy, realizing that they are what make us so beautiful in the eyes of Hashem.
Chag Sukkot Sameach!!
The pasuk says in Mishlei, שקר החן והבל היופי אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל – loosely translated to mean the outer beauty of a person is not what impresses Hashem. Because that He created. What makes a person beautiful in the eyes of Hashem is the person’s yirat Shamayim – his fear of Heaven. When it comes to this world, people get impressed by an expensive suit or dress. If we want to impress Hashem, then we make sure the garments we are wearing conform to the halacha. With the holiday of Sukkot upon us, we have an opportunity to perform an abundance of mitzvot and shine so brightly in front of Hashem. The Gemara says on the pasuk -זה קלי ואנוהו” -התנאה לפניו במצוות “- beautify yourselves in front of Hashem by performing mitzvot. The better we do a mitvah, the more beautiful we look to Him. We all want to find favor in the eyes of Hashem, adorning ourselves with mitzvot is the way to accomplish it.
Let us appreciate the mitzvot that we have in front of us, living in the sukkah, shaking the lulav and etrog, being happy on the holiday. Let us perform them with great joy, realizing that they are what make us so beautiful in the eyes of Hashem.
Chag Sukkot Sameach!!
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