Your Soul Is Already Pure… So What Are You Here to Fix? Devarim

 If someone told you that your soul is already pure, youmight ask a very reasonable question: If that’s true, then what exactly am Ihere to fix? This morning’s Breakfast & a Classgrew out of a question asked after Shaharit—a question that opened the door toone of the most profound teachings of the Ben Ish Ḥai. Together we explore thepurity of the neshamah, the purpose of our lives, the meaning of tikkun,and why each of us has been entrusted with a unique mission that no one elsecan fulfill.     Whatmade the morning especially meaningful was what happened after the class. A fewpeople who rarely attend synagogue happened to be there, and I wondered whethersuch a deep topic might be too much. Instead, they came over afterward to sayhow much the discussion spoke to them. Later that day, while I was at thecemetery, the conversation continued as one person shared the ideas withothers, leading to an entirely new discussion about reincarnation and thejourney of the soul. Sometimes HaShem reminds us that the people who need tohear a particular message are exactly the people He sends to hear it. I hopethis class leaves you with the same question to ponder tomorrow morning as yourecite Elokai Neshamah:If my soul is already pure, what mission has HaShem entrusted to me today?