Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Now You See God, Now You Don't - Purim with Aish

Sara Yoheved Rigler, writing on aish.com, explains the Jewish call to unmask the divine.

..."Hiddenness" is an essential characteristic of God in this world. Even the Hebrew word for "world" -- "olam" -- comes from the root word meaning "hidden." From the time of the Purim story until today, our challenge in this world is to expose the Divine hiding behind the appearances of our everyday world.

The term for that is "Kiddush Hashem." Every time we choose generosity, truth or integrity we are revealing God in this world. We are unmasking the Divine.

Every time we choose meanness, pettiness or dishonesty, we camouflage God and add another layer to the Divine disguise. This generates a Hillul Hashem. We create a world where, for ourselves and everyone around us, God is missing...
She also talks about how every individual action has three dimensions.

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