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Daily Chizuk #1448
Weekly Parasha
Perfect Timing: Moving Between Different Places
There are many rituals that we do, often without thinking too much of their significance.
When a person moves into a new home, he is supposed to make a Chanukat Habayit, which consists of a meal and a reading, including portions of Mishnah, Gemara, Zohar and Rambam. The idea is to thank Hashem for the home, and also to inaugurate its use with words of Torah. The rabbis tell us as well that the tikkun that is read and the Torah that is learned drive away all the harmful forces that may be in the home.
A man told me that he moved into a new home and was planning on making a Chanukat Habayit a couple of weeks later when things were more settled. When his neighbor, who's a rabbi, heard of that plan, he told him he is supposed to do it the day he moves in and not to delay. It was very difficult, but the man listened.
That night, in the middle of the night, their carbon monoxide alarm went off and the fire department came. They checked the home with a detector and found no traces of carbon monoxide. While they were there, they made some other inspections and found a burning hot wire in the wall, which, baruch Hashem, they were able to take care of and avoid a potential catastrophe. Everything we do in Torah and mitzvot has so much significance.
The Me'am Loez writes in Parashat Ekev, anyone who's careful to do the mitzvah of mezuzah properly will get extra protection from Hashem, both when he is home and when he goes on the road. Like it says, ה' ישמור צאתך ובואך.
All of our mitzvot benefit us one way or another. Our purpose in doing them is always just for the sake of Hashem, but it's good to know how much the mitzvot do for us. Besides for all the rewards they provide in the next world, they help us in this world as well.
When a person moves into a new home, he is supposed to make a Chanukat Habayit, which consists of a meal and a reading, including portions of Mishnah, Gemara, Zohar and Rambam. The idea is to thank Hashem for the home, and also to inaugurate its use with words of Torah. The rabbis tell us as well that the tikkun that is read and the Torah that is learned drive away all the harmful forces that may be in the home.
A man told me that he moved into a new home and was planning on making a Chanukat Habayit a couple of weeks later when things were more settled. When his neighbor, who's a rabbi, heard of that plan, he told him he is supposed to do it the day he moves in and not to delay. It was very difficult, but the man listened.
That night, in the middle of the night, their carbon monoxide alarm went off and the fire department came. They checked the home with a detector and found no traces of carbon monoxide. While they were there, they made some other inspections and found a burning hot wire in the wall, which, baruch Hashem, they were able to take care of and avoid a potential catastrophe. Everything we do in Torah and mitzvot has so much significance.
The Me'am Loez writes in Parashat Ekev, anyone who's careful to do the mitzvah of mezuzah properly will get extra protection from Hashem, both when he is home and when he goes on the road. Like it says, ה' ישמור צאתך ובואך.
All of our mitzvot benefit us one way or another. Our purpose in doing them is always just for the sake of Hashem, but it's good to know how much the mitzvot do for us. Besides for all the rewards they provide in the next world, they help us in this world as well.
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