Life is be lived with a purpose. To live life to its fullest, a person should feel that he has a share in something important and meaningful. We are to feel that we are doing something through our work that matters. We are adding something good and vital to the lives of the people around us .
It is with these thoughts in mind that I approach a fascinating episode in the life of Yaakov as recorded in this week's Sedrah of Vayeze.
Our Torah records how Yaakov is fleeing from his home, wandering, not knowing where he was going , and uncertain what the morrow will bring. Then all of a sudden in an open field, without any security, he had a dream. He beheld that famous dream of the ladder and the Malachim were climbing down and up the ladder.
My interest, at this moment, is not to explain his vision but rather to reflect upon the reaction to the vision, afterwards. The Torah states that after awakening Yaakov exclaims, in a state of wonderment, "אכן יש הי במקום הזה ואנכי לא ידעתי , ״ "Can it be that G-D is in this place and I,did not know it".
I sense, that Yaakov was saying, "I expect to find Hashem in a more auspicious place rather than in this seemingly deserted area." Yaakov and mankind expect to find Hashem in a more Holy Place, a place with an altar or maybe in some shrine, but surely not in such a desolate area.
This teaches us an intriguing lesson. It is not the place that designates G-D's presence, for Hashem is כבודו מלא עולם that Hashem's glory fills the entire world. It is entirely up to man and how he calls upon Hashem to meet with Him at any place and at any time.
We see that we can transcend time and circumstances to welcome Hashem into our midst and to dialogue with Him and for Hashem to feel welcome in our lives. It is evident that it depends upon man to feel the presence of Hashem, and it is up to us to extend the invitation.
The question, "I pose what are we waiting for?" These are trying times as we have seen in Paris this past week. We need Hashem in our midst to destroy the evil that lurks behind the cloak of religious absurdity and not to succumb to the fallacious interpretation of religion.
He who trust in the Almighty and His Torah will experience the salvation of mankind.
שבת שלום
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