"Because I Said So"

How many times have we heard this from our parents growing up, and now we say it to our own kids?  This concept actually comes from G-d. 

Let's go back to the Garden of Eden.   It is said that when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge it is because they wanted to please G-d.  If they knew the difference between good and evil they could serve G-d better.  This sounds logical!  However, not everything logical is good and sometimes things that don't make sense are better than good.

A mitzvah is known as a commandment, not just a good deed.  A good deed is something logical, something everyone does sometime because they see the good in it, it makes sense.  How easy is it to do something we don't understand?  Not too easy.  When we do something G-d expects and we don't understand it, it creates a tighter bond between us and our Creator. 

Are you not so sure of this?  Think about the next time you tell your child to do something he doesn't understand and he actually does it (stop laughing, it can happen).  Now think how wonderful that felt, that your child trusted you enough and loved you enough to do what you said.  Now think of how G-d feels when we do that for Him!