Why do we want to connect to our Soul?

Most people use one or another approach for a guidance system to navigate though life.

Some use a mentor, frequently in the context of an ideology.

Still others use the internal connection, again often combined with a form of ideology.

However, no believe system can give us a GPS-like directions through life, and no mentor can do it for you either.

The question: “What do I do in this particular situation?” Is usually resolved by people either by following purely rational logical train of thought (heavily influenced by subconscious mind, which most have no idea about) or by trying to see the situation though the lenses of particular ideology, which hopefully takes more accurate picture of the reality.

The logical pathway usually doesn’t work too well, because people tend to take into account very negligible number of factors leaving out most real “situation makers” and also because the subconscious bias frequently makes a joke out of this “logic”.

Following a form of ideology that has developed solution templates might work better,

Especially if this ideology survived a few thousand years and helped it’s adherents to survive as well.

Still, too often those pathways leave us grasping for the ultimate answer to the question:

“How do I really know which decision is right?”

The great news is that we all have our own GPS with complete map of our life and almost unlimited (compare to our constricted feelings) visibility.

Our soul provides us with Divine Providence in our lives, however extent of this guidance depends on us: our actions, emotions, speech and thoughts.

How do we “turn on” the system and make it work? How do we make the connection to our soul?

We will continue in the next post.

Connection · Divine Providence · GPS · Ish Tam · Neshamah · Soul

Mezuzah box with parchment

Mitzvah to hang the mezuzah on the doorpost is one of the 613 mitzvot given in Torah to Jewish people.

Mezuzot are completely amazing creatures – I can’t call them things as they seem to have their own personality and will.

Mezuzah is an energy creature with two-way connection to the area (room or house) that it is protecting -
it infuses the area with energy of holiness and it takes a hit from the negativity that is happening in that room (house). This is a primary reason Mezuzah can become posul (invalid – if even one letter breaks on the parchment it’s written on). If Mezuzah is posul, it not only does not protect, but it projects into reality the very defect that is imprinted into it. That’s why the Halacha is to check mezuzot at least twice in 7 years – some people do it every year.
There is a well known in Rav in Yerushalaim  (Rav Yom Tov) called “Mezuzah-Man” – his interesting ability is to tell people their issues by looking at their mezuzot – because when mezuzah hangs in a house long enough, it takes an imprint of everything that is happening inside (The breaking down is an extreme case when it can’t “hold it” anymore.)
Now interesting discovery I made recently – if the mezuzah is kosher and you channel energy into it (I read Tehillim with my hands on mezuzah and feel the energy flow into the mezuzah), it has tremendous positive impact on the room (and everyone inside) – much more than if you would read Tehillim or channel energy into the people directly. It works like a spiritual amplifier and a battery, so if you “recharge” it daily (or once in a few days – see how long does it “hold the charge” in your case), you can create really powerful healing environment in your house or the room where you live or sleep (I usually do it when kids are asleep – they are most open at the time).

Feeling the energy isn’t a prerequisite however. It’s enough if you focus your attention on mezuzah while reading the Tehillim, or simply focus on it with thoughts of love and affection.

The custom to kiss the mezuzah as we pass through the door accomplishes exactly that – if done properly. In fact this is how I made my discovery – when I asked a question why do we do it? Unfortunately many people barely notice the mezuzah when they enter – we need to give it more of our love and awareness!

Just to mention that in order to work, the mezuzah must be kosher (e.g. written on the parchment by qualified Sofer observing all the Halachic specifications) and bought from a reliable source.

Putting a zerox copy on the doorpost is like taking a picture of the radio-receiver and expecting it to play music. If the radio-receiver is assembled not according to the spec, it simply doesn’t work, or worse, creates distorted sound.

The reason some people go for larger or more beautiful/special mezuzot is that not all kosher mezuzot are created equal. The energetic capacity of the mezuzah depends on the care with which the Sofer writes it, his purity of thought and generally what kind of a person he is. In modern manufacturing-style resale system it’s difficult to ascertain those factors, so most people look at the external things like size, style of the ktav (writing) and beauty of the ktav. Many good mezuzot come with certificate of quality, certifying those parameters. I usually like to go through a few mezuzot on sale, touching them gently and feeling them. I still smile as I recall my latest buy – the mezuzah just didn’t want to leave my hands once I picked it up

I however had seen good results with “recharging” procedure even with regular 12 cm mezuzot – they just need to be real kosher mezuzot.

Hope it helps!

How to Affix a Mezuzah

Practical Spirituality: Touching the Mezuzah

Energy · Halacha · Ish Tam · Jewish · Kosher · Mezuzah · Mitzvah · Sofer · Tehillim

“Ish Tam” – simple, innocent, wholesome man – that’s how Torah calls our forefather Yaakov. “Tam” is also used in Haggadah to describe the third son, where it sometimes interpreted as “simpleton”. However Haggadah gives a key into the real meaning in that context as well:

The third son’s question is “Mah Zot?” – What is that?

Normally in Hebrew we ask “Mah Ze?” – for generic and male subjects.

“Mah Zot?” however signifies female subject – and beautiful explanation tells us that Tam sees Shehinah – Hashem’s presence (which is linguistically and kabbalistically female), however doesn’t exactly understand what he sees…

So our task here is to understand what is that we see… with our eyes and our soul – and use it to fulfill to the best our potential – to get closer to our Source and help our dear brothers and sisters.

Why call the site “Ish Tam” ?

“Ish Tam” – simple, innocent, wholesome man – that’s how Torah calls our forefather Yaakov. “Tam” is also used in Haggadah to describe the third son, where it sometimes interpreted as “simpleton”. However Haggadah gives a key into the real meaning in that context as well:

The third son’s question is “Mah Zot?” – What is that?

Normally in Hebrew we ask “Mah Ze?” – for generic and male subjects.

“Mah Zot?” however signifies female subject – and beautiful explanation tells us that Tam sees Shehinah – Hashem’s presence (which is linguistically and kabbalistically female), however doesn’t exactly understand what he sees…

So our task here is to understand what is that we see… with our eyes and our soul – and use it to reach our goal of coming to this world – to get closer to our Source and help our dear brothers and sisters.

Haggadah · Hebrew · Ish Tam · Jewish · Kabbalah · Passover · Pesach · Torah