In our daily morning prayers we recite the part that speaks
about a few types of angels that Hashem so to speak has as a daily team to praise
and glorify his name.
One team calls out with great joy, clarity, and sweetness in one
voice:
Kadosh,Kadosh Kadosh,
Hashem...
The worlds are filled with His glory,
And the other team answers in a loud voice, "Boruch k'vod Hashem Mimkomo."
I thought that Hashem does this for His own glory.
One day I mentioned this thought to Rabbi Weinberg and he corrected me by
teaching me that the angels recite this daily as a way of giving us the
intuition of how to praise Hashem and emulate them.
Recently he taught us in a rather elaborate way that our avodah is to bring
Hashem's light and glory to this world. Having one foot planted down here
in this physical world, living a careful physical life, and
simultaneously stepping with one foot upward.
We need to always strive to connect to Hashem and his divine providence, presence and glory in every way. And in the same time refining ourselves to be a people that walk in his middos or holy traits.
When we are connected to Hashem with heart and soul in a profound way we can
then have the strength to navigate through diverse and unforeseen situations as a way of walking the surface of the stormy seas and staying afloat.
As it says in Breishis that "Hashem's being was floating on the surface of
the ocean.."
We can then connect to that.
According do my understanding we can connect to Hashem as his presence is in
all worlds, Kodosh, kodosh ,kodosh,
From every place that we are in,
Boruch kovod Hashem "mimkomo".
We can also be a conduit to actually "bring" Hashem's light forth to every place or "mokom"We are at in this world. Not only in shul. But also in literally
"every" unimaginable place.
We can always make a kiddush Hashem.
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