Find your I

What is the significance of Parashas Re’eh coinciding with Rosh Chodesh Elul and our individual self-growth?

What is the significance of Parashas Re’eh coinciding with Rosh Chodesh Elul and our individual self-growth?

I would like to suggest an idea. The Parashah starts off:

רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃

 See, this day I set before you blessing and curse:

Perhaps a non-literal translation can read as follows: It is the month of Elul, take a look at the I within you, you will see that everything can either be a blessing or a curse. I am showing you what you can be, what you are destined to be. 

 My father often shares the teaching of his great Rebbe, Rav Scheinberg zt’l: “Everything in life is either a Kiddush Hashem or a Chillul Hashem”. When faced with the myriad choices we make on a daily basis, we must discern whether the outcome would be positive or negative, will it be a for a blessing or a curse

As we  do this, we can then turn back to Hashem and say, “look at the I”. There may be good in me, and there may be bad in me, but look at the I, I am trying to be…