Location, location, location!
Southebies recently listed for sale, the closest apartment to the Kotel / Western Wall. It certainly is the most amazing location. Listed at 26.5 million dollars for a 2500 sq foot abode is a steal of a deal. There exists no inventory for a location that boasts such a magnificent view and access to, the holiest place on earth — 24/7. I can’t even imagine waking up every morning to a view as glorious as this and breathing in the air of Holiness that is inherent with this location.
The truth is, I don’t much need to imagine this as physical location comes with limitations. Indeed, the very essence of physical is that it’s limited, finite, defined by spatial parameters. Yet the sight being offered here is of a place that represents something above these very limitations. A “timeless” space. A “divine” transcendent space that connects the physical and the metaphysical.
This space, you and I already possess. Our souls are exactly that. Connecting our physical selves with something so much greater — an actual part of G-d. Each of us timeless, raw potential with the ability to fuse together heaven with earth.
It may seem a little too intangible and ethereal but it simply is the story of Jewish survival, thrival, innovation and of course timelessness. Statistically impossible. A total anomaly. But it’s not — because our identity never was a mere physical one. Our reverence for location never was for the actual location, rather for what it represents and that, we have with full intensity today to eternity.
I’m excited for the new purchaser of this apartment and I’m sure it’ll bring on major opportunities for whomever it is. As for me, I’ll deeply inhale, close my eyes and focus on soul matters — accessing the greatest location in the world — right there inside me!