Our souls are the windows through which the world is filled with light, pores through which it breathes, channels to its supernal source.
There is no function more vital to our universe, nothing more essential to its fulfillment, since for this it was formed.
When we do good, speak words of kindness and teach wisdom, those windows open wide.
When we fail, they cloud over and shut tight.
Such a shame, this loss of light, this lost breath of fresh air! A stain can be washed away, but a moment of life, how can it be returned?


The soul is, indeed, a window that allows us to perceive what kind of human we are confronting. Not everyone happens to be nice. Those who aren't, closed the widow and do not allow it to receive the light that is produced by actions of kindness and good will. Yet, those qualities are being asked from us in the Torah, when we should take care of the widow, the orphan, and the stranger in our midst. Actions tell all, not just words and promises to be good.
36 people that have large window open sustain this world,! may we learn from them to bring more and mor light to this messy world.