When G-d destroyed His Temple, He taught us a profound lesson about sacrifice and love. It was a devastating moment in the history of our people, one from which we have never recovered. But it was also the most empowering moment in our people’s history. One that we will never lose.
Time passes too quickly when we get older. How can we slow it down? One answer is to treat each moment like a destination, not a journey on the way to somewhere else.
Do you carry pain from abuse or manipulation in your childhood? If you don’t, do you know someone who does? Someone whose adult life trajectory continues to be stunted by their youthful wounds?
When people spin lies that sound convincing, you can debate them or ignore them. Neither tactic is successful. The best way to shut down a lie with a single declaration of the truth. Call out the lie, one time, loudly and resoundingly, and then walk away.
For the first year and change, G-d dictated every move and answered every question for the Jewish people. At one point, G-d said, ” Enough. You are mature enough to figure it out yourself.” It was a bold and risky move, but it was worth it.
How did the Jewish people survive the constant temptation for assimilation? We have always been surrounded by cultures and forces larger and stronger than ours. What is our secret for survival?
G-d’s purpose for the Tabernacle was to drill holiness into the material world. Within the human condition, the idea was to recruit even our lowest instincts to G-d.
While offering the Torah to the Jewish people, He also offered it to every other nation. Was G-d kidding when He offered..