Why Joy Unlocks Endless Blessings ｜ Kabbalistic Shabbat Consciousness： Simchat Torah

There's one section in the Zohar in Tzav that we should really all know and have in our mind throughout this evening, into tomorrow, into tomorrow evening. The Zohar is talking about the whole energy and light that is revealed throughout All those who are not completely connected to the light of the Creator, their blessings, they receive them all the way up until the beginning of this evening of Shemini Atzeret. Because of the work that we did all the judgments have completely annulled and nullified, they no longer exist. And now is the time to receive pure, complete blessings. It's a day of joy with the King, with the Creator. So these two things are intertwined. To have joy with the King. Why do we dance with the Torah? Because the Torah represents the revelation of the light of the Creator. And we dance with the Torah to awaken, and this is the consciousness, our joy of connection with the light of the Creator. And to the degree that one awakens the consciousness of L'ishtasha b'malka, to be filled with joy with our connection to the light of the Creator. Because again, the Torah is the closest thing in this physical world that connects us to the light of the Creator. As it says in the Zohar, the light of the Creator, the Torah, and Yisrael are all one. So the dancing with the Torah, or the joy with the Torah, which is more the point, that's why it's called not dancing Torah with the Torah, but rather Simchat Torah, the joy that we awaken this evening with the Torah, which is the representation of the light of the Creator. That a person can simply draw endless and limitless blessings to the entire year. And the joy that exists today between ourselves and the light of the Creator, only those who are truly pure in the desire to connect to the light of the Creator, that are called Yisrael, only they can truly receive the blessings of this day. And then my favorite verse, which we will sing hopefully a lot this evening, but I want all of us to think about this, to have this in our mind, not just now, not just when we sing it, but throughout the next 24 hours. And a person who has the merit to be sitting with the King, again, to be in unification with the light of the Creator, which is that we call, you know, we speak about, and the Kabbalists speak about, Rav Ashlag speaks about, complete unification with the light of the Creator. That's what today is all about. A person who merits that, that union with the light of the Creator today, and it is only me and the light of the Creator today, unified. Then the individual can ask for anything, and the Creator will give it to you. Anything that the person needs or desires for, truly desires and needs, he or she can ask for it. The Creator gives it to them. And on this day, and on this connection, is when the love of the Creator is completely revealed. So again, if you understand what Rabbi Shimon is telling us here, you begin to appreciate every second that we have, to be filled with the joy and the union with the light of the Creator, which is represented by the light of the Torah, then everything that a person truly needs, he or she can ask for. The light of the Creator will give it to us.