This week, we read about the mikvah and its purifying, status-altering power. The mikvah process in this sense is like a rebirth, as it’s written in regards to the convert’s status change and renewal: the mivkah is like reentering the womb, “a convert who embraces Judaism is like a newborn child.” Just as the womb is a space devoid of Tomeh (uncleanliness/impurity), in which the baby cannot become impure in any way, the mikvah for men and women can also be looked at as a status change from Tomeh (unclean, or impure) to Tahor (clean, or pure). The Talmud teaches that all the water that flows through the world ultimately has its root in the river that flowed in the Garden of Eden, so our immersion in the flowing waters of a mikvah is a re-establishment of our connection with the Edenic state.

It’s said of those that are close to Hashem that they are like a tree planted by the water and will be rewarded with fresh leaves and Mayim Chayim (Living Waters) or forever-flowing water. Living water represents energy and health and chiyut (life) for the soul. Water represents truth and Torah, as we say, “ein mayim ela Torah,” which means, “the only water is that of Torah”.

What we have to realize is that beyond being infused with a godly soul (a spark of the Divine within us), what connects us all is water. Our bodies are mostly water, and the brain and heart, in particular, are composed of 73% water.

We tend to mirror each other’s inner belief systems, and so if we aren’t “watering” ourselves and those around us in connectedness and positivity, then individually and collectively we can’t grow.

Continually giving yourself and others life-force, and learning to quell our ego, is essential to being in a blissful and connected state.

Go to www.lightofinfinite.com to read this Dvar/article in full, where I dive into The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the mystical and esoteric story with Rabbi Akiva in the Pardes (The Orchard).

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- Erez // @erezsafar

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