Tamim tihiyeh im Hashem Elokekha, be tamim, innocent or whole-hearted, with Hashem your God (Deuteronomy 18: 13). By weaving together a variety of sources with the word tamim or the related word tam, as well as insights from the Piaseczner Rebbe, we come into an understanding of the innocence the Torah enjoins here as an innocence of honesty, integrity and being true to yourself, returning to that “unblemished” place inside you where you meet God, your own purest essence, and living — and speaking — from that place. In this meditation, we go deep inside to find that place and dwell there.
Sources:
Deuteronomy 18:13
Genesis 26:27
Haggadah, Four Children Section
Genesis 6:9
Deuteronomy 18:9ff
Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, the Piaseczner Rebbe, Bney Machshavah Tovah, Section 15
Deuteronomy 19:14
Genesis 17:1
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