Dear Volunteer 'שי:
You are the best! But did you know you can be even better? In fact the 7 weeks or 49 days between Pesach and Shavuot are all about making the greatest people, even better! These days, called Sefirat HaOmer, were the days in which, the Jewish people worked to prepare themselves for receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai, working for 49 days to improve their 49 strands of personality - one day, one strand, until they were ready to become G-d's people. Although that was back in the day, we retrace that journey and work on ourselves for these same 49 days and on the same 49 strands of our personalities.
Ok, easy, 7 weeks till the greatest me, you say? I'm there, I'm on it. I'll get started now....oh wait - how do I do it?
By continuing and adding in what your greatest at; helping others!
In the words of the first Chabad Rebbe, "Through Tzedaka (helping others) a person's mind and heart become refined 1000 fold." When we become attuned to the needs of others and discover how to alleviate their situation in some way we have also enhanced our own personality and become more refined people.
So keep up all your great work; it's helping EVERYONE!
FC International Leadership Team |