Going to a place of purity, a place of good will, a place where there is no hate, no malice, no coveting, no jealousies, where no one who denies an existence of The Almighty G-d and thinking they are G-d themselves, a place of humility, a place of reverence, a place that is holy.
Seeing a Torah scroll everywhere you go because the Commandments are etched into your memory, standing up but leaning on only one leg as you sing The Amidah. Feeling the holiness of the Rabbis because you honor them, having this honor for them become your honor too as their holiness rubs off on you as you continue to honor them and to do the right thing.
Being in a place where G-d is the Guide and He is the Counselor and where mortals do not try to take His place in your life. Having all the right rules and all the advice you ever needed in an open Torah, not to be prey to others who try to control your life when their lives are so risky. Having G-d to be your only Guide, having a mortal Father as a child who was made in the image of G-d. To have had a loving Dad so this image of G-d is a loving image. To have a Dad who respected his wife, so to have honor for both your Mother and Father as you have seen it in action all your life in your home where you were raised.
To be in this holy place wherever you are, whatever place you are in, as you call to your Dad as you remember him to be and to ask your Dad to send love to a family who is in distress. To honor your deceased relatives and to ask them for help. To pray the Kaddish for all of them, to have a way to plug into them with this prayer so they become again the loved ones you lived with and cherished as a child.
To have this halo around your head, not as a "crown of thorns" but as a shining light that everyone who sees it can follow. To never have darkness in your nights that causes you sorrows. To be that light itself, to always shine like a lighthouse, to always be the Guiding Light.
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