December 25th – December 31st, 2005
As you learned last week, there are moments in life when you want to restrict, but you feel like you can’t. You are aware of what you need to do, yet you just can’t seem to pull the trigger.
It’s in those moments that you need to borrow from your tzadik.
December 18th – December 24th, 2005
We all have moments when the beast inside takes over, moments when we follow our darkest urges despite the dangerous effects we know will eventually come around.
This week we have a fighting chance at taming the beast.
December 11th – December 17th, 2005
Continuing with the saga of Esau and Jacob, it says in the Zohar this week that as Esau approached Jacob to kill him (for stealing his birthright blessing), something in his soul compelled him to kiss Jacob instead.
The lesson the Zohar wants us to learn is that when we let go of judgment, we create an opening for love and Light to enter.
I remember one time in High School I was having trouble with a student in my grade. Everything this kid did got under my skin, and I walked around for weeks filled with judgment against him. I asked my father and teacher about this, and he told me something I’ve never forgotten: “When we bring judgment to others, we bring judgment upon ourselves.”