Three Steps to Becoming a Real Holy Jew

by Rabbi Raphael Bearmant on June 18, 2009

Did you know that you can become a real holy Jew in three [easy] steps?

[I can guarantee you it was worth crawling over here on your back to hear this]

(Not holy like the singer/bum Shlomo Carelbach used to call all Jews “Holy”. This is Epikorsus. Not all Jews are holy, whether you like it or not. Yes, there are holy Jews, but then there are also non-holy Jews. There are righteous Jews and wicked Jews. However, all Jews have the potential to be Holy as Moshe Rabeinu or as wicked as Yeravem ben Nevat.)

Here’s how:

Step 1) Find yourself an Authentic Torah Idea.

This is so, so easy. Just open a sefer, be it Mishlei or Tehillim or  a siddur, or whatever. Let’s take, for example the first pasuk of Tehillim:

אשרי האיש אשר לא הלך בעצת רשעים ובדרך חטאים לא עמד

“How Happy is the Man who has not Walked in the Council of the Wicked etc.” As we said this could be any authentic Jewish idea.

Step 2) Understand it well. Make sure this no unclear or ambiguous side to it. If necessary, look in the Mefarshim to better understand it. Get it down CLEAR.

Step 3) Every day for 5 minutes THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA. Concentrate on it. Reflect on it. Do this in a quiet place or when you will not be interrupted. Just lock it in your mind for five minutes a day.

You are now on you way to becoming a truly Holy Jew. You will start feeling the results after 3 or four days. Try it and see for yourself!

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