Alei Shur - Shavuot - The Indispensability of Each Jew
(Alei Shur 2, Shaar 3, Perek 22)
324-Alei Shur Sheni Gate 3 Perek 24 hachanah l’purim
[September 14, 2021] Areas where we have become desensitized, and fail even to relate to as shortcomings, are the biggest barriers between us and fulfilling our potential to come close to Hakadosh Baruch Hu. While it is tempting to focus on the “bigger” aveiros that we do in fact regret, it is the areas of subtlety where we have created a new framework that does not include G-d and it is from this mindset, however small the move, that we must break out of.
310-Gate 3 Perek 10 Bein Hametzarim Part 1 from previous year
We explore the connection between the intense technical Pesach preparations and the Leil Seder, what it really means to compare the Yetzer Hara to Chametz, and explain how delaying a mitzvah robs it of its essential ingredient.
—- feedback has been that this week was great ☺️——enjoy! Self knowledge; engaging ones Neshama and the activating chiyus/breaking routine; Bringing Shechina into the the world through maasim; hachnasas orchim;
Tuning into ones inner world rather than living a reactive life; Dei Machsoro and learning to empathize
222-Alei Shur Sheni Perek 5 Mussar Hislamdus; Including Vaad 6-8
Ezehu chocho, ha’lomed m'kol adam. Cultivating a perspective of learning to be sensitive to positive behaviors in others and our surroundings Practically working towards not not being something you do, but integrating it into your personality and interface so that jt becomes oart of your personality.