“Sometimes a soul makes a brief visit on earth. One story tells about the Arizal who was the sandek, or godfather, at a brit mila; immediately after the circumcision, the baby died. When the baby’s friends and relatives wailed like wounded animals, the Arizal said, ‘Why do you cry? You merited in hosting the soul of our master, Rebbe Joseph Karo (a contemporary of the Arizal and author of the Shulchan Oruch, Code of Jewish Law)!’
With his holy spirit, the Arizal saw that Rabbi Joseph Karo died and arrived at the gates of Heaven. Rabbi Joseph had fulfilled every one of Hashem’s commandments with didactic precision, except for one – circumcision. When he was born, he was jaundiced and therefore circumcised later than the prescribed age of eight days. His entire tikkun was to return to earth and be circumcised on the eighth day of his life; he had no further reason to remain on earth.
The Arizal knew every soul, its background, and its mission on earth. His testimony shows how our lack of even one small but critical detail makes Hashem’s lovingkindness seem like cruelty, Heaven forbid. Like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle, if one piece is missing, the entire picture seems flawed. Emuna – our unshakable belief and trust in Hashem – fills in the missing pieces that our limited vision sometimes creates.” ~ The Garden of Emuna
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Hey so i forward alot of your emuna stories/quotes and i am getting alot of questions on the story with Rabbi Joseph Karo and the brit. peopls are asking me could it be that he didnt have the brit when he was older?
Rabbi Joseph Karo did have the brit when he was older. That was the flaw. The brit is supposed to take place on the 8th day. However, because he was jaundiced, the brit was delayed a few days. Therefore, after Rav Karo passed away, his soul came back to earth through this baby for the sole purpose of having a timely brit on the 8th day. Once that occurred, the soul was perfected and there was no need for this baby to live another day. His mission was complete. His soul, which was the same soul of Rabbi Karo, attained its tikkun.
Does that answer your question? Thanks for the comment.
Yes thanks for replying I actualy understood it when I read it a second time …., thanks for all your, posts there being read everywhere
and i found your site because i forward emuna texts usualy i think of them/read them in a book so i googled emuna quotes and i got your site 🙂
That’s awesome. if you have some quotes you would like to share on this site, please email them to me. thanks!