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therefore, toward breaking
the spirit of Egypt and toward
freedom from the Egyptian
exile was to strike at the
"waters of the river" — the
deathly coldness — and con-
vert it to blood, symbolizing
warmth, life and vitality.
The first "plague" of 20th-
century Jewish life, the very
first undesirable trait against
which we must struggle, is
the coldness, indifference.
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem
the great founder of
Chasidism, taught his
followers that whatever one
sees or hears, whatever occur-
rence one chances to witness,
has some connection and rela-
tionship to oneself. Nothing
in this world transpires
without the guiding hand of
hashgacha p'ratit, particular
Divine Providence. It follows
that the particular event
must be relevant to the per-
son witnessing it; God wanted
this person to observe the in-
cident so that he might learn
Shabbat Va'era:
Exodus 6:2-9:35,
Numbers 28:9-15,
Isaiah 66:1-24
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some important lesson from
it.
One wintry day the Baal
Shem Toy and some his
disciples were walking along
the banks of a frozen river.
They came across a group of
peasants carving an ikon out
of the ice to use for one of the
season's ceremonies. The Baal
Shem's pupils became
depressed. Pondering on their
master's explanation of pro-
vidence they thought, "What
possible connection could we
have with pagan idolatry!
Why were we guided to
witness this scene? What
lesson are we expected to
derive from it?"
They turned to their master
for guidance. Said the Baal
Shem Toy: "Water, as we see
in the Torah, cleanses
spiritual impLP ities. Anyone
who became defiled and
unclean would immerse in
water to become clean again;
the basis of family sanctity is
that the woman immerses in
the waters of the mikvah; on
rising we follow the ritual
procedure of laving the hands
six times from a large two-
handled cup — to rid the
hands of the spiritual im-
purities of night; the ex-
amples are legion.
"In short, water is the very
source of spiritual purity and
holiness. Buy. when it
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you can even make an idol out
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