We are told that taking four steps in the Holy Land of Israel gives us a greater share in the World to Come.

    But, without step one of those four steps, there will never be step four! What do we learn from this? We learn that even the first, smallest step on the way to doing a Mitzvah is an essential part of that mitzvah.

     This is how we can live a holy life. Not only are our mitzvahs holy, but our steps along the way to doing that mitzvah are holy, too.