The King and His Prince

It's told, that there was once a great king, who lived in a royal
palace and ruled a vast empire. This king had an only son, an only
prince.
Life went along great, as the prince basked in the love of his father
the king, inside his beautiful palace.
One day, the king was found deeply engrossed in thought. What was the
issue at hand? The king needed a mission to be accomplished. Not any
ordinary mission however: This mission depended on someone special,
someone who could accomplish only what the king himself would be able
to accomplish; yet the king himself could not go! What would the king
do? And then it hit him: his son the prince! He could be trusted. He
had royal blood and he could be counted on not to waver from the path
set out for him by his father to complete the mission...
But the prince didn't want to leave. When he heard his father's
request, he was forlorn: to leave the palace, to leave his beloved
father! to go to an unknown land and a hazardous mission?! Seeing his
distress, the king gently asked his son: "You love me, right?" The son
nodded. "But if you truly loved me, you would leave your comfort in
order to please me. And if you are truly faithful to me, you'll stay
the same prince you
are now, even during this mission in the faraway land." Determined,
the prince left the palace, to accomplish his father's tough
mission....

Each and every Jew, every single one of us, is a prince or princess.
Before the creation of the world, we basked in the glory of G-d in
heaven, alone with our Father the King.
Feeling the true pleasure and love of closeness to G-d, our father,
nothing could've been better. But our Father had a mission, a mission
that only we could accomplish. And that mission is G-d's Desire: for
us to make this physical world a dwelling place for Him.
But G-d Himself couldn't do it. Why not? G-d wanted His beloved child
to prove his love for Him, and to bring out the hidden qualities his
prince had, but could never reveal in the palace. G-d therefore sent
His child, the soul, away from our home, in order to make this
world-home.
How do we do so? How are we expected to complete G-d's Mission to make
the world a dwelling place for Him? Where He is to feel comfortable?
Through learning His Torah
and fulfilling His Mitzvot-Commandments. "By little me wrapping
physical parchment around my puny arm; by me lighting 2 cheap candles
on friday afternoon, by eating a kosher burger and saying a blessing
over it, I'm making a dwelling place for Hashem?!"
Yes.
Because it is G-d's Will that his royal children descend from their
palace in heaven, to take His physical objects and make them
spiritual. Through this we make this world one big mitzvah-a true
palace for Hashem. A dwelling with his children once again, this time
in a deeper bond than ever before.
Let's hope the Mission will soon be accomplished.
Moshiach Now!

Shabbat Shalom

daniel