From right where you are, you will find Hashem today

Hi friends,

From right where you are, you will find Hashem today. 💛

In Parashat Vayera, Hagar and her son are in the desert, out of water. She sat at a distance and wept (וַתִּשָּׂא אֶת קֹלָהּ וַתֵּבְךְּ, Bereshit 21:16).

The boy cried out too. The angel tells her: "Hashem has heard the voice of the boy, ba'asher hu sham, right where he is" (בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם, 21:17).

Rashi teaches that the boy's own tefillah was accepted first. Then Hashem opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water (21:19).

The same word, sham, "there," appears in another pasuk: "From there you will seek Hashem your God, and you will find" (וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם מִשָּׁם... וּמָצָאתָ, Devarim 4:29).

The Baal Shem Tov taught that "from there" is precise: from the level where you are. From this day, from this heart, even if it feels low or far.

Put the two together: Hashem already hears you right where you are. From that very "sham," you will find Hashem.

Here are three ways to live this today:

1. Start from here
Speak with Hashem about today, exactly as it is, in your own words.

2. Seek from where you are
One simple, sincere minute, from exactly the place you're at right now. No pressure. That's real seeking.

3. Let it lift you
Hashem hears you right there. Take that with you through the day.

React ❤️ and say it with me: "From right here, I can find Hashem!"

Someone you love deserves to hear this. Send it to them.

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Sources: Bereshit 21:16-19, Rashi · Devarim 4:29 · Baal Shem Tov, quoted in Meor Einayim, Likutim (Sefaria: Me'or Einayim, Additions 10 and 69) · Parashat Vayera.

With love and blessings, Rabbi Bitton.

Bereshit 21:16-19, Rashi; Devarim 4:29; Baal Shem Tov in Meor Einayim, Likutim