Today, I am proud to be Israeli.
Despite all the shaming.
Despite all the UN "resolutions".
Despite all the academics.
Despite all the online pressure.
Israel is cleaning the Middle East from radical religious terrorists. One by one.
They will not thank us for it.
But someone had to do the job.
The most difficult negative beliefs are the ones we convince ourselves are values. The values we hold at the expense of our connection, growth, joy, and aliveness may be negative messaging and beliefs in disguise
Binyamin... We set a setting at the table for you this week and prayed you'd come home ברוך דיין האמת
Each tragedy that hits us takes another bit of our heartspace. It feels as though at some point we'll reach out limit, but we see with time just how much our hearts can handle.
We don’t need religion to connect to God, we need religion to be in relationship with God.
The question we get to ask ourselves is, do we want to be Gd’s acquaintance, or his partner.
Acquaintanceship needs no commitment but lacks depth. Partnership takes commitment.
What does it mean to be fully present, to stand in a moment as more than just our body. More than even our emotions. When asked "who are you" we might be inclined to answer with what we spend our days doing. The… https://t.co/SxFbm8HlFZ
Havdalah with the incredible guys from shiru_choir_competition drswildchords
May we start off this week on a note of light and joy
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#2b connection through chessed. Holy hunchback story - what got a Yid through Auschwitz was Rav kalonymus kalman from piaseczna saying "the greatest thing in the world is to help someone else".
You become more than yourself when doing good. You transcend yourself
Going into pesach and contemplating redemption.
Comes in so many shapes and sizes #1 - Exodus of the mind. Allowing onesself to separate from the thoughts that bind us to externalities
#2 huge focus on am yisrael. Redemption through community.
Becoming more than just yourself.
Eg חברותא או מיתותא. Connection gives us the external voice and push to leave what binds us
A Chasidic group took issue with the Bobover Rebbe and hung posters attacking him throughout Borough Park. The Bobover said to his Chasidim, "I am mochel those who hung the signs but I am not mochel and never will be mochel those who go after them and turn this into a machlokes."