In the flame itself, there are two lights: One white and luminous, the other black or blue. The white light is the higher of the two, and it rises steadily. The black or blue light is underneath the (white light), Which rests on (the black or blue light) as on a pedestal. The two are inseparably connected,
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Nisan is called the Month of Miracles. On Pesach, Hashem displays transcendental miracles, and descends, so to speak, to take us out of our lowliness and slavery.
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Coming Home: Tears of Transformation Over the years, a custom has developed that on Rosh Hashanah, during the course of the day, we go out to a living body of water with lively fish swimming therein and symbolically cast away our unwanted negative baggage. We take hold of our negativities, the devastating
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Lights seem to speak to us in a very deep way, particularly those gentle lights that dance atop of candles. There are few visuals that are as warming to us as the sight of a burning flame, a pure simple flame luminous and ethereal. To the mind, lights and festivities also
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THE NAME PURIM: To fully grasp the power, and unpack the spiritual significance of this holiday, we need to explore its name, Purim.
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Pesach is not merely the celebration of a past event. It is an open gate to spiritual liberation that manifests every year, in every generation.
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The objective of the Exodus is true freedom, which was reached with the giving of the Torah. Torah is the blueprint and very foundation of all creation. Integrating the Torah deeply into our lives connects us with the ultimate, unrestricted, uninterrupted flow of creation—its authentic freedom.
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The point of it all is balance, the middle path, the balancing and counter-balancing of our emotional state. Lag B'Omer gives life and hope to the days that are otherwise meant to mourn.
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Noise is so much a part of our life that we have become depended on it for our wellbeing. So many of us derive our sense of being alive from sound, and we feel empty in silence. There is a need, and almost perverse compulsion to break any silence and talk, or perhaps sing.
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