The Spiritual Revolution of Rav Kook
Feeling our power and strength and making the decision to infuse our actions with kindness and generosity
Rabbi Levy • Journey Through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer
The hallmark of service is effort. If you’re not wrestling with your darker side, you are not serving G-d. Period. Doing more than you are accustomed to (in Torah and mitzvos) is always a form of service, since it inevitably requires effort. “Ideal service” of G-d doesn’t mean becoming a tzadik. It means struggling to be the best person you can be.
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There is great strength to be found in opening to whatever is coming forth.
Rabbi Levy • Journey Through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer
A person must be at peace with himself. It is no good if the different aspects of his character are in conflict with one another. He must also achieve harmony in his relationships with the outside world. Regardless of whether things are good or bad, he must always look for God in whatever happens to him. He should not allow himself to be thrown off
... See moreRabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
Rabbi Harold Kushner notes, rather than suppressing our desires (like the folks who imprisoned the yetzer hara), or mindlessly indulging them, we can sanctify our desires with the mitzvot—elevating them and ensuring they’re in the service of something beyond mere bodily satisfaction.