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We will now summarize what has been said so far. The purpose of every Jew is to be close and attached to the Creator. We discussed at length the meaning of deveikus - an inner bond with the Creator. One's entire life must revolve around one point. All one's actions must be focused on the One Who created him, the One Who sustains him and guides him each moment, the One before Whom he will give an account of all his deeds, and from Whom he will eventually receive his reward - which is itself the experience of deveikus to the Creator of the world.

[The sefarim hakedoshim write that if a person does mitzvos for the sake of pride and honor, then when he requests his reward after leaving this world, he will be told, " 'The one you worked for will give your reward"' (Avos 2:17). Go and seek your reward from that which motivated you. Go to the attributes of pride and honor to receive your reward. Only if a person serves the Creator can he expect reward from Him.]

Essentially, we have presented a way to bring a person to a state in which he and the Creator will be very strongly bound together and he can live with Hashem every moment and in every situation. We wish to show how a person can be bound with Hashem in every time, place and situation. We are striving to achieve one thing - to connect every person to Hashem in all aspects of olam, shana and nefesh, space, time and soul, until, as the passuk says,, "they will be as one" (Yechezkel 36:17).

The first point we mentioned is that a person must remember the existence of Hashem. After that, we taught that a person must always remember that each thing is a creation of Hashem. Not only did He create it in the past, but He is creating it in the present, as it says (in the morning prayers), "He makes light and creates darkness," in the present tense. The sefarim hakedoshim write that each moment, Hashem makes His creations anew. The relationship of Creator and created, then, is not only a matter of the past, but a constant process. A person's avodah is to sense that each thing is a creation of Hashem and to sense the relationship of that which is created to the Creator.
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This section is an excellent refresher course. Do you feel that your connection to your Creator has been strengthened by what you've learned here?



As per custom, I would like to thank those who contributed in this chapter in no particular order: krumlikeapretzel, asoul, Ahavati, Pure Myrrh, YoelYitzchak, Moshi, Dan, Xi, bauerskates613, Goldfish, Bitter, Kalashnikover Rebbe.