#mitzvos

[greco-roman-jewess]

Sometimes I wonder how many mitzvos you would be fulfilling by just standing alone in an empty room

[leahbasavraham]

Mo said “Totty you are such a mitzvah totty”

[frumteenclassics]

 When the Jews came to the Yam Suf the sea did not want to split. "Both the Jews and the Egyptians worshiped idols", it said. So why should we save one and drown the other?

"Yes," said Hashem, "but the Egyptians worshiped idols willingly and the Jews were forced to do so."

Now, if you realize it, it says absolutely NOWHERE that the Egyptians forced the Jews to worship idols. They made them work, but religion was never the issue. So why does the Medrash say that the Jews were "forced" to worship idols?

The answer is that the Jews were tortured and persecuted and killed and beaten. And when someone is in that much pain, we can't judge them. We don't know what we would do if we were in that position. And Hashem judged them then to be not responsible for their idol worship because their lives were just too excruciating to be able to resist temptation.

So listen, Hashem does punish. But maybe you don't deserve such a punishment like you might worry. Or at least, maybe not before you get a chance to show Hashem how you can really serve Him when the mess that you're going through is over. And it can end.

Or maybe - no, not maybe, this is for sure - Hashem only expects you to do the best that you can right now. He knows you and your abilities, but He also knows what you are going through, and he wants only that you be whatever you can be now.

And believe me, when you do one little Mitzvah, when you make one little Brachah, and despite everything you are going through you muster the Ruchniyus, and the strength and the Simcha within you to thank Hashem for a little candy bar by saying shehakol, that it means more to Him than everything in the world.

Hashem is there, in Shamayim, surrounded by His heavenly hosts, His angels, His serafim, millions and millions of them, singing praises to Him. It's the most awesome sight in all of existence. Too awesome for us to comprehend. And it never ends. It continues forever.

But suddenly, Hashem hold His hand up (kavyochel, of course), and shouts "Shaaa! Quiet! My Yid'leh is making a brachah!"

No matter what, you should always know that every little Mitzvah you do mean so so much to Hashem. Much more than the biggest Mitzvos of the biggest people.

And that's because Hashem knows how much that doing that little Mitzvah means to you.

[beshert-bh]

my boyfriend came back from his trip to Israel and. Y’all. He’s literally transformed. He wants to become more observant!!!!

today he officially added the Hebrew calendar to his phone, and a bunch of apps that tell you the proper times to do tefillin, when to light shabbos candles, etc.

and he also wants to start observing Shabbat fully (he does observe Shabbat already but he does work and he wants to completely disconnect)

but yeah he came up in a reform household and I guess his trip was really influential so he wants to start making small changes and taking on more mitzvot and OMG it is making me so happy that we can do this together

[obviouslymuktzeh]

If anybody knows, is there any genuine mitzvah to smile? I don’t think there is - you could say it’s a praiseworthy thing or whatever - but a mitzvah is an obligation and I know of no real source for this, despite ppl trying to tell me it is one

[thehighmagickian]

[greco-roman-jewess]

I just think it’s neat.

[frumteenclassics]

It's not selfish to work for Olam Habah[the next world, “heaven”]. The Yismach Moshe says since G-d wants you to get Olam Habah, then by you doing so, you are fulfilling the will of Hashem.

Lishmah, "For Hashem's sake" does not mean to benefit Hashem - chas vsholom - He does not benefit from our Mitzvos. It means, rather, to do Mitzvos in order to fulfill Hashem's will. And Hashem's will is that we should get Olam Habah. Therefore, doing Mitzvos for Hashem's sake means that we have in mind that the reason we want to go to Olam Habah is because Hashem desires that.

Thus, the ultimate goal of Hashem - for us to go to Olam Habah - and the ultimate goal of ours - to do Mitzvos for Hashem's sake, go hand in hand.

The highest level is to do Mitzvos lishmah. Doing Mitzvos because you want the reward is also valid, and a high level, but just not as high as lishmah. The ultimate goal is to do mitzvos lishmah.