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“Set and Setting”: Preparing Ourselves for a Transformative Purim Experience
Hi. I have always found Purim to be an incredibly “noisy” day. It’s so easy to become…
Hakitzu VeRanenu #23a: “Then, Our Mouths will Fill with Laughter”
Joy is perhaps one of the most sought-after necessities in our generation. It, too, finds its full…
Hakitzu VeRanenu #22: The Realization of the Individual and the Light of the National Collective
The movement in our generation to seek personal enlightenment and individual spiritual fulfillment is similarly not to…
Hakitzu VeRanenu #21: The General Experience of the Two Stages of Redemption (Part Two)
If we were to be living a nation-oriented life in a spiritual sense, with a perception of…
Developing the Kohen Gadol’s Vision
Athough returning home to the United States is exciting in many ways, I found that this experience…
5 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
If I could speak to my younger self (who I can still envision sitting alone on the…
Hakitzu VeRanenu #21: The General Experience of the Two Stages of Redemption (Part One)
In light of all the above, we are currently standing upon the threshold of the second stage,…
Our Heart Skipped a Beat
It was late Purim afternoon in Yerushalayim. Our lively, uplifting seuda winding down, we were getting ready…
A Yeshiva Bochur’s Search for Meaning
“I’ve had enough!” I clenched my fists quickly, terrified of the repercussions of unleashing my pent-up anger.…
Hakitzu VeRanenu #20: The Danger of Blurring the Lines Between the Holy and the Mundane
There were great tzaddikim who already spoke about the realm of the holy and the realm of…
Hakitzu VeRanenu #19: The Relationship between Body and Soul in the Nation and their Unification (Part Two)
This is the great power of the Toras HaSod which crowns Hashem in all of the worlds…
Geulah
My eyes are openMy soul reawakens Everything holding me backHas transformed into a limitless launch The pain…