About Me
My name (Jessica/which is derived from the hebrew name Yishai) means, "Hashem's grace." (Yishai/Jesse, was the father of King David. My Husbands name (Yosef) means, "Hashem will increase." And my two sons names mean, Salvation of Hashem (Isaiah/Yesh'yahu) and Adonai's comfort or Hashem will comfort and encourage (Nehemiah/Nechemyah). Now a little play on words. Hashem will increase His grace through His Salvation so take comfort and be encouraged. .....God said, "Let there be light!" and there was light.
God saw how good the light was
and God separated the light from the darkness.
-GENESIS 1:3-4 ..........
Rabbi Yitshak said,
'The light created by God in the act of Creation
flared from one end of the universe to the other
and was hidden away,
reserved for the righteous in the world that is coming,
as is written:
Light is sown for the righteous (Psalm 97: 11 ). ..........This notion is based on the Midrash:
"With the light created by God
on the first day, Adam could gaze and
see from one end of the universe
to the other. Since God foresaw the corrupt
deeds of the generation of Enosh
and the generation of the Flood, He hid the
light from them. Where did He hide it?
In the Garden of Eden for the righteous,
as is written: Light is sown for the righteous." ..........
Then the worlds will be fragrant, and all will be one.
But until the world that is coming arrives,
it is stored and hidden away." ..........
Rabbi Yehudah responded,
"If the light were completely hidden,
the world would not exist for even a moment!
Rather, it is hidden and sown like a seed,
giving birth to seeds and fruit.
Thereby the world is sustained.
Every single day, a ray of that light shines into the world, animating everything;
with that ray God feeds the world.
And everywhere that Torah is studied at night,
one thread-thin ray appears from that hidden light
and flows down upon those absorbed in her. ..........In the Talmud, Resh Lakish explains that
whoever studies Torah at night is extended
"a thread-thin ray of love" during the day.
The Ba'al Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism,
explains that the light of Creation is hidden within
the Torah, and so whoever studies Torah can see
from one end of the world to the other. ..........Since the first day, the light has never been fully revealed,but it is vital to the world,
renewing each day the act of Creation."
This parallels the expression in the morning
prayer: "Lord of wonders, who renews in His goodness every day continually the act of Creation."
