It’s that time of year where I can see that I am not the only one traveling. There is a lot more movement going around as families and individuals move about from place to place.

In America most people will say they are going on vacation. In Australia it seems people say ‘going on a holiday.’ Is there a difference between these two terms that essentially describe the same thing?

The Lubavitcher Rebbe once said to someone that a Jew must not go on a vacation. A vacation is ‘vacant,’ it is empty. A Jew needs to always go on a ‘holiday.’ This is he goes and makes the place holy. He brings more light and spirituality to the area.”

Something else the Rebbe said once in reference to people going away for the summer: People will go to country home, which often not have as many luxuries as their usual place of dwelling. Some will even go camping where you have really nothing. Yet we’re happy. This is because the more we set aside all our physical attachments to the stuff we have in our homes the more at peace we are.

Have a safe traveling summer.