Reply To: Kosher Cruise

In context of the whole sunrises and sunsets thing. A rebbetzin, not Chabad (just for the record because at least one my teachers was criticized here for not being frum enough or something) told me that when she sees the sunrise in the morning she is in awe of Hashem because no one but Hashem could have created such a beautiful universe for us to live in.

I don’t mean to say that Jews look at nature or worship it or need to worship it.

It is a gift to live in this world (maybe before we were born our souls fought it and didn’t want to come down but now that we are here, we have a job to do and for that I am grateful). Hashem is beyond everything. Hashem is everything.

When I am in the forest or in some place removed from human-made buildings and roads, it is so much easier to talk to Hashem. I don’t have to think about the man-made rules of obeying pedestrian traffic signs, parking spots. My mind is not overwhelmed with noises of vehicles or appliances.

Birds chirping, wind blowing, leaves rustling. The sounds of the womb to contemplate.

There is just Hashem.