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Home
and Family
View From Above
by Rosally Saltsman
My son, may he live till 120, finds it difficult to
understand how I always know what he's doing on the men's
side of the shul, no matter what separates the men
from the women -- curtains, heavy glass, a steep staircase or
all of the above. This is because my son is so dear to me
that I watch him from whatever vantage point affords itself
to me and am able to catch him getting gelila, opening
the aron kodesh, dancing with the Torah on Simchas
Torah or self- consciously enjoying any other honor bestowed
upon him.
Okay, sometimes I miss one, but my head is cocked for the
slightest sound and my eyes are peeled whenever he moves from
his place toward the bima. I am blessed with the
acquaintance of many gabboim scattered among the
shuls of the world, and so I am always confident that
my son is being taken care of.
Now don't get me wrong. I do daven, too, but my
prayers are always enhanced by the sight of my young ben
Torah `doing his thing' in shul.
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We are all Hashem's dearest children. Therefore, it is not
difficult to imagine that we are always being watched by our
devoted and doting Father in Heaven, Whose view is never
obstructed by partitions and such. Hashem always has a clear
view of all our actions and interactions and beams at us when
we honor Him, the same way I beam at my son in shul.
And in the same way that my son doesn't always see me peeking
but has come to know that I'm looking on, so, too, must we
never falter in our faith that Hashem is always watching our
every move and is sending His gabboim to make sure
that we're being taken care of.
We tend to place an emphasis on remembering that our every
move is being watched and recorded and judged. But while we
mustn't forget that, we should always bear in mind as well
that our every move being watched also has the potential to
bring joy to our Father in Heaven, Who radiates delight back
down at us and guards us from His observation deck on
high.
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