Personal (n): pertaining to or characteristic of a person or self-conscious being: That is my personal belief.

Ya, I'm makin' it personal people.

This blog is dedicated to my friend who requested a short blog in order to inspire said friend to start reading this glorious blog of ours. I hope this is short enough:

What would you define as the most important Mitzvah? I'm not talking about in terms of Halachic obligation. I'm talking about from a human perspective. Which is the most important mitzvah to you. What Mitzvah, out of the entire six hundred and thirteen makes you either feel closest to your Judaism (like, say, Shabbat), or makes you feel like a better person and doubly amazing because you don't perform it out of halachic obligation, but you do it because you feel like its the right thing to do as a human being and triple amazing because Judaism is smart enough to give you brownie points for it (like, say, judging favorably or loving your fellow neighbor as yourself), or maybe the most important Mitzvah is something really hard. Something that you know you might struggle with your entire life but every time you rise above the occasion with the intention of performing this Mitzvah to the best of your ability you feel accomplished, refreshed, and a step ahead not only as a Jew, but as a person (for example, lets say respecting your parents, or prayer).

Think about it. Just take a minute, or an hour if you need it. Just think of a Mitzvah, one deed or act that makes your Judaism incredibly meaningful. Now go out and try your hardest to do it the best you can. Of course every Mitvzah should be done as best as you can, but what's the harm in starting with the one Mitzvah you feel the strongest about?! Go and feel great about your Judaism. Actively go out into the world and pursue your Judaism, don't wait until the opportunity for doing a Mitzvah comes to you, go to your Mitzvah and do it! Go live it, go and feel it. (Especially if you're like me and living outside of Israel. We all need the help we can get...). All I'm saying is, there's so much opportunity for us to not just be Jewish, but to live Jewish.

With that in mind, have a Shabbat Shalom!