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Be What You Want To Be

Key Takeaways

The central theme of the session was the concept of Makifin — a Kabbalistic idea referring to a transcendent, supra-rational form of spiritual connection that goes beyond intellectual capacity.

Hashem values a person's aspirations and inner desires (the "lev") more than outward actions alone.

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More Important Than What You’ve Done

More Important Than What You’ve Done

What you really want to do

More precious than how close you’ve come

How close you really want to

More productive than what you’ve created

The creation you really suscribe to

More transcendent than what you’ve grasped

The incomprehensible dreams that elude you

More than Hashem fills the world

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Yeshivas Rashbi

Chatzos Kollels have become popular in recent years. Only the Zohar emphasizes the importance of this practice. It’s repeated there dozens of times.

 

With the haskama of Rav Moshe Shapiro zt”l I encourage people to learn this way themselves whenever possible.

 

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Twenty years ago a colleague in the Mir discovered a number of talmidei chachomim struggling financially who refused to receive tzedaka. He outsmarted them.

 

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