Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Power Of Desire

There are special tfillos some say on parshas shkalim [which was this past shabbos]. One sentence says אור פניך עלינו אדון נשא, ושקל אשא בבית נכון ונשא - The light of Your face our Master should raise upon us and a shekel I will raise in the beis hamikdash which is established and raised.

Reb Tzadok Hakohen [פרי צדיק שקלים מאמר ה] explains that we are not talking about the future but about the present. Chassidus teaches that no less important than action is desire. Action is limited. Desire is limitless. Action is finite. Desire is infinite. In the realm of action we can never be perfect. But in the realm of desire we can always yearn for perfection and so we must do.

אין דבר העומד בפני הרצון - There is nothing that stops the will. This means that there is nothing that can prevent us from wanting.

שקל אשא - I have such a strong desire to give the half-shekel, בבית נכון ונשא - I am actually giving it in the beis hamikdash which is already built and waiting in shomayim.

Beloved friends - we all have dreams which are as of yet unfulfilled, but we must continue dreaming and hoping. It makes a tremendous impression in shomayim.

Have a sweet zees'a week:-)!