And daily saintliness and goodness is further diminished. For those of you who can obtain Azulai's perush, the rest of his words are very interesting. It's that the communications link with the Divine has been disrupted. This is given to us in the image of the resurrection. I found Azulai's description of the decline of goodness in the world to be a particularly apt description of the feeling many of us have about our world today.
Goodness does seem to be diminished in the world.
This description of the state of the Divine link with us does put an emphasis upon our deeds. Although working for the restoration of the physical plant of the Temple might not be according to Reform theology, praying for it might be, and surely offering, with kavanah , the Korbanot readings in the daily liturgy might be something all of us can do to help in reopening this vital communications link. Please send back your comments which I will send out in next week's Kabbalah Net. In a few weeks I will send to everyone the list of Net members. Shalom and thank you for your interest.