the heel is the lowest and least sensitive body part that we use to step on things which goes on to explain that to feel your heel takes effort! last weeks Torah portion speaks of the children of Israel’s older generation that had seen with their own eyes the miraculous workings of G-D whereby the younger generation heard about it… never witnessing G-Ds miracles first hand. it takes added effort for us to have faith in our G-D and this is why for the Israelites in the desert the Shema used to only be: you shall love the lord your G-D with all your heart and soul. the revised version for the children that entered into the promised land recite: you shall love the lord your G-D with all your heart, your soul and your might! this distinction demonstrates to us that our dependence on G-D is not an inheritance! we must make a conscious effort to study G-D’s word and to do his commandments to experience the miracles that are taking place every moment…which is nothing in comparison to what we will see with our own eyes upon the acknowledgement that Messiah has arrived!
