Do mitzvahs and create sparks or points of of light. Every act makes the universe more whole, and brighter. We edge towards the Ultimate Redemption with each mitzvah performed. Light tiny wicks and you will see they do not provide great illumination, but if we light enough of these candles the world will be ablaze.
Where do the mitzvahs come from? Torah. Every mitzvah that we perform can be traced to the primary source of all, Torah. A question can be raised, if mitzvahs create light, what does Torah create? It is also light.
Rabbi Menachem the son of Rabbi Yossi taught: “ ‘A mitzvah is a candle. The Torah is light.’ The verse used the analogy of a candle for a mitzvah and that of light for the Torah teaching that just as a candle only offers protection for a brief period, so too, a mitzvah offers protection only temporarily. The Torah, on the other hand, is described as light. Just as the light offers protection forever, so too, the Torah offers protection forever.”
~Talmud Sotah 21A
Where do the mitzvahs come from? Torah. Every mitzvah that we perform can be traced to the primary source of all, Torah. A question can be raised, if mitzvahs create light, what does Torah create? It is also light.
Rabbi Menachem the son of Rabbi Yossi taught: “ ‘A mitzvah is a candle. The Torah is light.’ The verse used the analogy of a candle for a mitzvah and that of light for the Torah teaching that just as a candle only offers protection for a brief period, so too, a mitzvah offers protection only temporarily. The Torah, on the other hand, is described as light. Just as the light offers protection forever, so too, the Torah offers protection forever.”
~Talmud Sotah 21A
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