Whether it is a sefardi shul with enchanting makams, a Chassidic shteibel with fire and passion, or an Ashkenaz minyan with beautiful tunes and heartfelt tefillos – serving through silence just does not exist!
We now have risen to an even higher world, and our perspective of the world is getting clearer.
Without vast preparation, one cannot even think of going to outer space.
B’chol dirachecha da’eihu, vehu yiyasher orchosecha – In all your ways know Him and He will smooth your paths
The first step in repentance is to say to Hashem that until now we lived as if we were not in front of You, but now we have come back.
Sure, we are much better than the atheist who only sees the truth when it may be too late to start living a life of faith.
The Gemara (Brachos 30a) states that when a person prays he should always include himself as part of the community.
People who suffer from anxiety say that they simply do not have a moment of peace. They feel like they are locked in a prison and are terrified to be with themselves.
Were it not for the great and infinite love that Hashem has for us, we would not have received the Torah, nor would we dare ask for the gift of Torah on a regular basis.
“These days of counting are similar to the days of Chol HaMoed that are in between the first and last day of Sukkos . . .”
Witnessing the ten plagues, that spark was fanned into a roaring flame of faith, and they woke up, until they actually lived based on that faith. How?
