Questions for today:
How can our understanding of a truly singular Creator help our overall persona; our loyalty and love?
When we think of a great person, a loving husband and devoted father, we tend to think of their loyalties as being “family before anything”.
However, we have to be careful how we structure this.
If the reason why I support my family is because “I” love my family, what would happen if my family gets in the way of something else that I love? What if something else that I love that gets in the way of my family?
A fundamental aspect of the Jewish faith is that, even though we close our eyes when we say the shema, declaring that G-d is One, we're not excluding anything else.
On the contrary, the Oneness of the creator includes everything; our work, our entertainment, our love - and G-d says ‘family comes first’.
With this approach, our core faith, our beliefs, our loyalties, and our generosity to others are all seamless.
247 27 Tanya Chitas Menachem Av 29 ~ m269 22 Menachem Av 28
Tanya book 4, Essay 9, pt1
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