Journal Mitzvah

Journal Mitzvah

Monday, June 9, 2014

What does it mean to "serve" Hashem?




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A quotation-a-day by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

The mitzvos of the Torah are only the beginning of a great program for living... This is the career of avodas (serving) Hashem, to become His servant.

It is basically a career of thinking, although there are certain physical actions involved as well. However, all the physical actions are based on the idea of the mind going into action. That’s what avodah is: the mind going into action. — Ohr Avigdor Hakdama

With permission of Simchas Hachaim Publishing.
Copyright © 2014, All rights reserved.

Chovos Halevavos has become the foundation for Jews in their service of Hashem. Great Torah luminaries, e.g. Rabbi Yosef Karo, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the Vilna Gaon and Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk immersed themselves in the sefer and encouraged others to do likewise. Simchas Hachaim Publishing is publishing Chovos Halevavos with Rabbi Avigdor Miller’s insights.

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