Sixth Reading

Genesis 4:23–5:24

In addition to his sons Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve had a third son, Seth. One of Seth’s fifth-generation descendants was Enoch,

who resisted the degeneration into which the rest of humanity was sinking, and lived a righteous life.

The Largeness of Small Things

ַוַיִּתְַהַלֵ ךְ חֲנֹוֹךְ ֶאֶת הָאֱלֹקִֹים וגו’: (בראשית ה, כב)

Enoch walked with G-d.

Enoch was a shoemaker, yet, because of his holiness, his mundane occupation did not distract him from his service of G-d. On the contrary, we are taught that with every stitch he brought about a further degree of harmony within the spiritual spheres.

We, too, on our own level, can follow in Enoch’s footsteps: We can so infuse our earthly activities with holy intentions that can positively influence the heavens.^[1]

[1] Hitva’aduyot 5749, vol. 1, p. 247.