Here is a view of Kinneret around 8:am on September the 12th, taken by me
My dear readers, my dear brothers and sisters in Messiah Yeshua, I am back from Eretz Israel since yesterday and I have an e-book in the works that will be entitled:
"Ellul in the Galil: a mystical romance
Second journey to the Holy Land."
I'd like to thank my Messiah for inspiring me this wonderful title:)
I'd like to share an excerpt I've been working on with you all.
Day
3 : Erev Shabbat at Kinneret
Experiencing
Shabbat in Israel is very different from what you would expect
elsewhere, especially if you are coming to an aera where people are
strong believers.
Come
to Israel and you will see : you will never look at Shabbat with
the same eyes. The land of Galilee is the land of birth of the
greatest rabbis and an inspiration to anybody who is a strong
believer.
The
Galil and its heights will transport you naturally to HaShem's
mystical heights. The connection between Heavens and the waters will
be revealed to you as you will develop your hitbonenut, your
contemplative skills.
We
were experiencing a heatwave in Tiberias. It was literally boiling
with 41 degrees C° outside. After coming back from Yardenit, I had
to stay inside of my hotel room. I was impatiently waiting for
temperatures to cool down. The good thing in the Middle East is that
it starts becoming fresh as soon as the sun starts going down.
Shabbat's
entry was close and the temperature was going down a little bit. My
ears were drawn to the balcony. I heard people singing a song as the
music was getting louder. As I approached the balcony, I recognized
the well known Shabbat song, « Lecha Dodi ».
As
I decided to sit and relax, I saw people from the building facing me
hug each other as the melody of « Lecha Dodi » was
deepening.
The
sun was leaving slowly and I made the decision to step out to watch
the sunset. I wanted to be there to welcome Shabbat.
A
few streets away from my Galilean place of residence, I found a space
called « The Garden of kisses » that offered a perfect
view on lake Kinneret. From there a surprising, mystical encounter
awaited me. It resembles no other encounter I've had before.
The
ones who are used to observing the Sea of Galilee would probably know
that the lake is surrounded with a visible, divine veil that marks
the separation between Kinneret and the mountains. This veil is very
distinctive, and always there during the day. But what I observed at
Erev Shabbat only seems to happen at « Leil Shabbat ». As
the sun was saying her last goodbye, the veil dropped at the surface
of the lake, covering it completely like a mantle. It was a very
visible manifestation of the Ruach, and my eyes recognized it as
such.
I
repeated several times : « וְר֣וּחַ
אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י
הַמָּֽיִם
»
« and the Spirit of HaShem was hovering over the waters ».
The
Spirit had now became a big mantle covering the surface of the
waters. After a while the mantle totally united the Heavens with the
waters also becoming one with the mountains that were filled with the
lights of the houses upon them.
The
spectacle I was witnessing was a majestic piece of art from Heavens,
drawn up from the Hand of the Creator.
Sefer
Bereshit had revealed one of its secrets to me during my
contemplation.
As
I looked left, I noticed that during all this time, I had not been
alone.
My
hitbonenut had been synchrone with the contemplation of an orthodox
Jew, sitting a few meters away from me.
This
was the splendor of Shabbat revealed to me, the very moment when the
King meets the Queen and kisses her tenderly, and then both start
dancing in the stars, celebrating the wonders of Creation.
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