HEALING

Dear Family,

I hope that everyone is well.

Mazal Tov to Zalmy Davidoff Senior (but still young in years!) on his birthday tonight. Wishing you an exciting, eventful year Zalmy in both material and spiritual, and with joy and good health.

Mazal Tov to Mendel and Freida on their Anniversary next week. Wishing you many more wonderful years together with much Chassidishe nachas from all your children!

I am not familiar with all the graduations, but I know that Mendel Levy had his last week and is now on a trip to EY with his class. Abd that Shlomo Levy’s is next week. Mazal Tov! And to all those who I have not yet heard about.

And wishing Shmuel Levy a wonderful trip with Mendel’s class in EY

The theme of HEALING came up in a few places this week and I wanted to share these:

• In this weeks Sedra Behaaloschah, (V12:9) Miriam gets ‘leprosy’ for speaking not well about her brother Mosheh. Mosheh then prays to Hashem and asks Him to heal her. This takes 7 days and the whole of Klal Yisrael wait for her, before travelling further on their journeys.
• Hayom Yom of 16th Sivan this week:

The Sages of early generations - who have been likened to angels - have already determined that the healing of the soul is like the healing of the body:

The crucial first step is to identify the location of the illness,

• Is it is caused by the crassness, grossness and corruption of his physical body ?
• Or by a failing in his soul-powers, the person being inclined to undesirable traits like arrogance or falsehood and the like?
• Or, the source of the malady may be habit – faulty education, or unwholesome environments which brought on bad habits?

Without ascertaining the specific site of the illness, it is impossible to embark on a cure.

However, one can embark on an orderly path of proper conduct in all matters, ie what to do and what to avoid. To "do good" in terms of observing mitzvot, designating times for Torah-study and acquiring good character traits. And also to "turn away from evil."

Most urgent of all, however, is that the ‘patient’ make himself aware of two things:

• to know that he is ill, and desire most fervently to be cured of his malady.
• to know that he can be cured, with hope and absolute trust. That, with G‑d's help, he will indeed be cured of his sickness

Wishing all a Gut Shabbos!