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Did you ever try to describe to a blind person the sunset in Santorini? Did you ever try to explain to a deaf person how good music sounds?
It’s impossible. Without having lived themselves these experiences, it’s impossible for them to understand.
Now imagine a biology professor that has in front of him an appetizing steak. He may know everything about its components, about its nutritional value but he cannot know its taste until he will try it himself.
It’s obvious. Anyone would question a person that says that he knows the taste / the sight / the music of something he never experienced himself.
So why do so many people not understand that the same applies to Judaism?
When we fulfill one Mitsvah, something deep happens inside of us, our soul unites with the Creator. It is something that words and sentences cannot describe. We can talk indefinitely about the Shabbat, the calm and the spirituality that it brings us but until we try it for ourselves, we cannot understand its essence. We can write entire books about prayer but until we try it ourselves we will not understand how special, almost magical it is to speak directly with G-d.
This Sunday (May 20 2018), exactly 3300 years ago, at Mount Sinai, G-d gave us a precious gift: the possibility to raise ourselves from our everyday worries and find a deeper meaning in everything we do when we follow the Torah. Let’s open the gift that was given to us, let’s try it, let’s taste it and then we will understand how good and precious it is.
Our Sages tell us that, every year, on the day of Shavuot (this year, Sunday 20 May, 2018), when we read the Ten Commandments from the Torah scroll, it’s like a reenactment of the special moment when G-d revealed Himself to us and spoke to us.
Let's take advantage of this exceptional gift!
Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach!
Hanna
