A Different Kind Of Scavenger Hunt

How much FIRE should you put into your next move?
 Good Morning!
 This Shabbat is called the Shabbat of strength, Chazak! 
 What is the strength of this Shabbat about?
 The title of the Torah portion this Shabbat is Vayechi, "And Jacob lived." The Talmud says that Jacob, our father never died. As his seed, his children are alive, so is he alive.
 This means that you can see the eternity of Jacob in his children. More, that every Jew is a child of Jacob and is similar to Jacob. If we are like Jacob our offspring, our seeds, are every thing we do say or think, and these seeds will grow. When Moshiach comes we will see the light of every mitzvah and even items that are officially not a mitzvah but are done for G-d's sake last forever.
  But how can we make those seeds alive? How can we give them that eternal quality?
 How can we animate our one time actions to to have impact beyond the here and now?
 The name of Jacob gives us the answer. 
 The name of Jacob is made up of two words: Yud and Aikev.
 Yud- the first letter of G-d's name 
 And "Aikev" means a heel.
 Even in the things of our life that are the most heel like, earthy, a Jew is empowered to fully put his or her soul into every thought words or action and create the future of Moshiach.
 I'll never forget that scavenger hunt 
 When I was a child in camp in Worcester, A scavenger hunt meant trying to find a green sock in a mall but I'll never forget a far more profound scavenger hunt.
 I'll never forget a far more profound scavenger hunt. The camp lmaan chay was sent to the Rebbe's 770 shul on a scavenger hunt, they needed to find out what is a chassid? I saw a ten year old boy ask this of the famous Chassidic mentor Reb yekusiel Feldman, he lit up and stood up and said, a chasid is someone who puts the whole fire of his soul in everything he does!
 And you know, he put fire into those words and that's why they planted a seed in me.