Day 212 | Pele Yoeitz - Preparation is a Mitzvah

0:00 Hey everybody, day two twelve in our Peleoit journey. I hope you're doing fantastic. Let's begin a new topic today called Hakana. We're gonna learn all about Hakun preparation. Hakana u shamas mitzvah rab preparation for shamas is a great mitzvah. But we find many greats who are personally engaged in hachanas of shabbos. That which a person prepares for shabbas is a tikangadal for the began of bris. The rab, Rabbi Avram Levi, it's said about Rabbi Avram Levi, Sakanovracha, Shahiya Marbe Bassios, look not soh and shabs, echel echad yeah.

0:43 Then every step that one takes for Shabbos, he gets reward. Every step of preparation is a great mitzvah. He would do it all himself because something you do yourself is greater than through Ashviyah. So probably to saying that I think he did this because the great Rav did this because in every step that he took, it wasn't like he was just thinking about randomness, he was actually connecting to the Boriolum to every step that he took.

1:24 But us, if a person has someone else who's able to do the work for him, Yeser Taieshevase of Yasubadar, better that he should learn Torah, Shivikna Yadia Kadash and acquire new ideas. Even Khaftish May. Even something small, setting the table, um setting up the candles, old Gadda Psilo is preparing the whips, the wakes, the chadaimal kaim to shanna to be mika in the mitzvah of a chana to do something.

2:08 Uqvarkashu Gureza. The disciples of the Arizal have taught, Shall if he saitan shall devarim ha tava sanirus, the setting of the candles, the setting of the candles, Alpika Bala should be done by the husband, says the Peleotes. Every ounce of Hakana that a person does for the mitzvah, that in and of itself is considered a mitzvah. As such, it comes out that somebody whose actions are for the sake of heaven, that means every single day he's actually involved in a mitzvah.

2:53 A person should ensure that what he's doing before the mitzvah, that he's preparing. One of the ways to do this is by verbalizing what you're about to do. For example, prior to eating, say the following. I'm eating and drinking so that my body could be healthy and strong to serve a shem. So that my mind should be clear, to serve a shem properly. I'm going to do business, and to apply effort with great help, assistance from above.

3:35 Kade Lafarness has been a base to support my family, Kimushibani Bori like Hashem wants me to. A person before anything that he does can say some type of tfila, some type of hachana that will put him in the right state of mind. And through by doing this, you're going to take that which was physical and you're gonna um you're gonna invest spirituality into it.

4:20 And these words that you say, it's like a tfila. Um you'll get reward for that. Uvova, schemum devar. But this is only helpful and beneficial if you actually right, you're you're not being uh you're not being oxymoronic, you're not um right, you're you're being consistent with what you're saying and your actions. If you say this tfidah, this hachana about, oh, I'm eating to serve Hashem, and you end up eating like a pig, well, that's inconsistent. A person shouldn't sleep more than he needs to. He shouldn't work more than he needs to.

5:04 There's nothing that can prevent Hashem from giving you exactly what you need. We can't even say how called it's code since you're doing everything for Hashem. You shouldn't be Mabatal his serving of Hashem because of anything else. Nothing can be an excuse of serving Hashem. Everything is supposed to be within the service of Hashem. If you're not consistent, if you say something, uh so I'm eating this to serve Hashem, you end up eating like a pig and you're not making brachus, etc., etc. etc. So then in Shemayim, they're gonna laugh at you because it's just like, what is this, a joke? A person has to have his reasons to take mitzvah baby average.

5:46 That the mitzah that you're doing is not at the expense of an average. So a person has to be careful in his eating and drinking, and business the haloch that it should be done properly. When it's done with kalacha, then you'll receive reward. You have to take care of your body, and therefore, when it comes to food, a person should go after the food that's more beneficial, that's healthier, as opposed to something that might taste better but was actually more damaging for the body. A person who eats something you shouldn't be eating, he's going against uh what the Tara tells us.

6:30 But you have to care for your body. Um was just learning last night with um with uh Rabbi Golbagro, one of um the great Rabani here in Baltimore, and we were learning Tanya. One of the things we came across in the Tanya was Ubonu Bacharta, that Kurdishbora who chose us, but those words ubonu bacharta means bono means Hashem chose us, meaning our physical body. There's spirituality in our physical body. He chose our there's something special about the physical body of a yid. And there's so therefore, you know, it reminds me when we're running this paleoids to have the proper achanas, even before eating and drinking, before we do anything physical, to have the proper achanas and to utilize our our body in an appropriate way.

7:10 But ishmarta muid naf sechem because our nefesh, our body is so pure and and and has an element of holiness that we have to connect to the evishtar. Wishing you all the best in Rindishan. We'll continue with this topic of achanah tomorrow.