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​A most elegant property of fire is its ability to climb to great heights. It stretches and reaches upwards as it extends past its origin and beyond itself into a world beyond.
Shabbat is the day which extends past the boundaries of the mundane and the ordinary to become the point in time of heightened spirituality, a taste of the world beyond.
Women naturally embody a sensitivity to, and appreciation of, G-d and spirituality. We very often reach in to a spiritual place within and pull out insight of the world beyond.
When we light the candles week after week it is only fitting it is we women who usher in the holiest of days. Our worlds collide in this one display of tradition and faith, of pride and sublimation. A spiritual being, a spiritual element and a spiritual time converging to reach the sanctity of the world beyond, together.
To nourish is the most instinctual of female qualities, to nurture a part of our DNA. When baking bread we nourish our families with far more than just nutrients. When taking “challah” and offering the portion to G-d, we infuse our bread with sparks of holiness, spiritual nourishment for our souls.
Sifting and measuring and kneading .. as we knead the dough we prepare to keep the first of the mitzvot given to women.
Wheat, a most earthly ingredient, and water, which is compared to Torah, combine to create a cohesive, singular entity. It is of this entity we offer to G-d, before we take for ourselves.
Rolling and baking and eating .. as we partake of this blessed bread, we feed our bodies as we nourish our souls.
Today, may we take challah as we bake challah, and this Shabbat, may we enjoy the physical and spiritual nourishment of this consecrated bread.
Our voices give rise to much beauty on Shabbat. As speech brings our innermost selves out, it’s fitting how many of our Shabbat traditions center around speech.
Through Shabbat, G-d brings us into a sacred time and place. Through our voices, we reciprocate this holiness. We read the Torah and sing and bless, we “sanctify the Shabbat.”
Articulating the holy words gives life to them. By speaking them, we enable them to connect our essence, the spark of G-dliness within us all, with G-d.
This Shabbat, may our voices express our most spiritual parts, and may we all connect to Hashem on this most sacred of days.