Mitzvos Matter
What happens when we fulfill a mitzva?
The Zohar teaches that there are 248 positive commandments which correspond to our 248 limbs and 365 negative commandments which correspond to our body's 365 sinews.
The practical implication is that every time I do a mitzva the G-dliness that inheres in that mitzva permeates its corresponding limb or sinew. Our body thus becomes a repository for the Divine.
A mitzva is no small matter.
[See the commentary of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh on Vayikra 18/4]
The Zohar teaches that there are 248 positive commandments which correspond to our 248 limbs and 365 negative commandments which correspond to our body's 365 sinews.
The practical implication is that every time I do a mitzva the G-dliness that inheres in that mitzva permeates its corresponding limb or sinew. Our body thus becomes a repository for the Divine.
A mitzva is no small matter.
[See the commentary of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh on Vayikra 18/4]
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