We mentioned in a previous post that there is an important concept within the topic of the rectification of souls that although each Jew is obligated to keep all of the Mitzvos, each Jew is charged with a particular mission rooted in specifically one of the Mitzvos.
The Ba'al Shem Tov explains that this is the meaning of what it says in the Gemara, "רבי במאי אתה זהיר טפי" - The students ask the teacher, "Rebbi, with which Mitzvah are you most careful about? However, explains the Ba'al Shem, the word Zahir doesn't only mean careful, it comes from the root Zohar which means to shine and glisten. As is obvious, spirituality is likened to light. It is more delicate and refined than physical matters. Thus, a totally rectified soul is described as pure light. The students are really asking, "Rebbe, what makes you shine? What makes you sparkle? What is the one Mitzvah of all Six-Thirteen that your soul is dependant on?
Each one of us needs to ask ourselves, רבי במאי אתה זהיר טפי?
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