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Emuna and Bitachon and the Light of Chanukah

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Chanukah may fall out at the darkest time of the year. But, the very darkness gives the intense spiritual light Chanukah brings to the world the ability shine its brightest. This light is known as ohr haganuz, the hidden light of creation: וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִי־א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there…

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Chagim, Emunah, Getting Out of Galus

Chanukah Lights: Believing that Change is Possible

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BS”D Even for those of us who are generally optimistic, it is so easy to focus on all the “wreckage” in our lives… all the bad decisions we’ve made… all the times we’ve fallen… all the good resolutions that were never kept… all the places where we feel like we have no control. Positive change…

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Chagim, Emunah, Fundamentals in Judaism