BS”D When it comes to spiritual growth, we naturally tend to want the process to look something like this: A never-ending series of upward movements and experiences. But in reality, spiritual growth on any level is more like this: Yet, at times it can feel like this: Life’s Ups and Downs Real growth is a…
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BS”D In parshas Shemos, HaShem for the first time informs Moshe Rabbeinu that He will strengthen Pharaoh’s heart, and Pharaoh will repeatedly refuse to release the Jewish people from Egypt: The Lord said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see all the signs that I have placed in your hand and perform…
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BS”D One of the most chassidishe vortes I’ve ever heard came from a Jew who doesn’t keep Shabbos… Chazal tell us: משנה מקום, משנה מזל If you change your place, you change your mazel. (Rosh HaShana 16b) This person translated it as follows: משנה, מקום משנה מזל If you change [yourself], then HaMakom [another Name…
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BS”D Towards the end of parshas Noach, Chazal give us some important insight into the nature and role of a Jewish woman. A woman, unlike a man, enters this world with two missions- a personal one, and a second, higher one that she later acquires and shares with her husband. Her success in life is…
