Sometimes you think it's a regular day. You go for a morning bikeride, you fill the car with gas, you park at the shuk, pick up a few vegetables. But look inside! Peak at the words for all this dailiness. Your bike, in Hebrew, is an "ofanayim". A wheel within a wheel a'rollin, right from Ezekiel's prophecy. The car you get into is your "ReCheV", a version of the meRCaVa, just the latest model of Eliyahu's chariot of fire. The bright modern sign at the gas station says "Delek". See the D-L-K root in the Hebrew word? Same word as "l'haDLiK". L'haDLiK ner shel Shabbat, and soon, L'hadlik ner shel Chanuka. See how the letters dance, invert upon themselves, turn upside down with roots in heaven, infuse now's ordinary with history, with sparks of the Torah they come from? Delek. To light the miracle candles, to fuel your car, to remind you, moment by moment, that just to be here is to kindle a light.
This is beautiful to see, the enthusiasm and optimism. Rare in this pessimistic world.
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