“Today” (appearing 74 times in Moses’ words in Deuteronomy)
And what happens if I keep these mitzvahs because of yesterday? Because they are the traditions of my forefathers, and therefore I cherish them?
Or if I keep these mitzvahs because of tomorrow—so that I will achieve spiritual heights, arrive after this life in a lofty Garden of Eden, revisit this world renewed as the World To Come?
Then I am a blind fool, a willing captive of a passing dream. A sheep that surrenders in silence as they shear its wool.
In a mitzvah right now, I hold the ultimate experience of truth, of life, of G‑d Himself in my hands—and I look to the past or to the future, to what I can get out of this?!
Maamar Tzion Bamishpat 5736.
Then i am a fool,etc??!! If i look back at the covenant my forefathers took to encourage me to keep going or i look forward to Gan Eden to convince myself that there is something more lasting and important than this short life ??
Very sorry what is this being written here . i can't get it
We must always look back at our traditions and never forget our past every day of our lives amd we must always remember that this short life is not the end of it . both B"H should help us keeping mitzvahs .
Amen