Rosh Hashanah is an opportunity not to just better ourselves and our life, it’s an opportunity for complete and true transformation. Even when we look at ourselves, we think, “I will make myself a little bit better.” What we should be thinking, what we should be saying to ourselves, is, “I cannot believe the place that I’m at. I can’t believe the person that I am, falling to the Desire to Receive for the Self-Alone, to my ego. I must completely change.”
I’m not looking to Rosh Hashanah to make myself a little or a lot better. In many stories in the Zohar and the Talmud, people who did not start their lives as great people came through a situation that awakened them not only to the need to better themselves, but also to the need to completely change who they are, to the way they look at themselves and interact with people.
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In order to really partake of this great Light that’s available, we have to understand the preparation for Rosh Hashanah. It’s not a coincidence it comes right before Rosh Hashanah. It’s this Light that can prepare us for Rosh Hashanah.
There are two sections in the Zohar that speak to the month of Elul, and specifically to the last week before Rosh Hashanah.
On the flight back from London, I was reading in this section of Lech Lecha. It’s made clear that Abraham’s focus in life was to transform people. In the Torah and in the explanation in the Zohar, it’s clear that Abraham’s mission very much parallels the Centre’s mission. Reading it this time, I got a deeper understanding of the true importance.
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This Shabbat is the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah. We know that before the end of anything, there is the opportunity for the multiplying of the revelation of Light.
We know, for instance, when the Prophets would pass away, it was very important for their students to be there when their teacher passed away. At the time they left this world, all the Light they revealed in their lifetime would be revealed doubly.
The same is true for the third meal of Shabbat, when the most Light is revealed. At the moments of ending is the potential for the greatest revelation of Light.
This Shabbat, as explained by the Kabbalists, all the weeks of the year come together and their Light is revealed. Double the amount of the total of all the week’s Light. It is clearly a very significant Shabbat.
One of the most important projects I am working on currently is a new program to train new Kabbalah teachers, who can assist in getting this amazing wisdom to as many people as possible.
If you are interested in this important opportunity, this is the initial application form: http://www.kabbalah.com/teachertraining_withform.php
