*Recap!*
We wake up in the morning
and we have so much on our minds.
Each person
has their own challenges.
Their own tests in life.
And yes— we handle it.
But it still feels like a lot.
Things to solve.
Things to figure out.
And it feels bigger
than we can handle.
Health.
Debts.
Work.
Shidduchim.
Relationships at home.
And we think,
how am I supposed to juggle all of this?
When the mind has too much—
it freezes.
This is not laziness.
It is just feeling overwhelmed.
So what happens?
We don’t move.
We delay it.
We hope things will somehow work out.
There are two types of people.
One person freezes
and leaves it up to Hashem.
The other person
tries to do everything alone.
But that’s not how it works.
Kabbalah teaches us
something very profound.
Hashem is not asking us
to solve everything.
*He’s asking us to start.*
To do our part.
Sometimes—it’s just one phone call.
There was a poor man
who gave a small amount
to tzedakah.
For him— it was a lot.
After that
he started seeing
a lot of blessing
in his life.
He came to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak
of Berditchev
and said—
“It was just a small amount…”
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak told him—
It’s not the money.
It’s not the amount.
*It’s that you opened a channel.*
By giving— you did your part.
And that’s what opens the flow.
Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa
prepared a beautiful stone
to bring to the Beit Hamikdash.
But it was too heavy.
He didn’t have money
to hire people.
He tried.
He couldn’t move it.
So he put his hands
under the stone.
And then—
five men came.
They were angels.
They helped him
bring it to Yerushalayim.
*What changed?*
*Not the stone.*
*Not his strength.*
*He started.*
The Torah says:
Open for Me
a small opening—
like the eye of a needle.
And I will open for you the entrance of a great hall.
In Kabbalah:
Itaruta Deletata—
When you move below.
Itaruta Dele’ela—
movement comes from above.
You move a little—
and much more opens.
This week’s Parsha—
Kedoshim.
Be holy.
It sounds big.
But it means—
be a little more refined.
One mitzvah.
Five minutes.
One real step.
Hashem counts it
as something big.
*As long as you start.*
Exercise of the week:
Every day—
one small action.
Something you have been avoiding.
Health—
call one doctor.
Parnassa—livelihood
one call.
one email.
Shidduch— finding a soul mate - one conversation.
Relationships—
one message.
If not every day—
then once a week.
*But do one thing.*
Don’t let time pass
without doing your part.
Because that one step
opens everything.
——
Rabbi Zalman Gansburg- Chabad of Palmetto Bay.
Based on Tanya Chapter 27, the teachings of the Rebbe, and the Kabbalistic teachings of the Rebbe’s father.