Moses told the Jewish People, “You should follow G-d,your G-d, keep His commandments, heed His voice, worship Him, and cleave to Him.” (Devarim 13:5)
If we already follow G-d, keep His commandments, heed His voice, and worship Him, what is left to do in order to cleave to Him?
Cleaving to G-d means acting as He does, showing love, kindness, and concern for all creatures by helping them in their time of need. The Torah here is not only asking us to keep His commandments, but in addition the Torah is asking us to identify with G-d, to act in His image, true to the purpose for which we were created. To be able to do this we must merge our consciousness with His, so totally that we do as He does naturally, rather than out of obligation of being commanded to do so.
Excerpted from “Daily Wisdom”vol 2
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