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Weekly Torah Portion

Vayakel/Pekudei – Growing Through Exodus

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us the best way on how we can open our heart to G-d.

Personal Thoughts – These Torah Portions starting now and continuing for the next several weeks tend to be a bit of a letdown from the stories of Genesis and Exodus. Rabbi Trugman’s gave me some good new perspective on how to approach them in a more holistic and constructive manner.

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Weekly Torah Portion

Growing through Exodus – Ki Tisa

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us what the goals of prayer and learning are – connecting to Hashem.

Personal Thoughts – Rabbi Trugman makes a very valid point that we sometimes lose the forest from the trees when engaging in mitzvot and prayer and miss the whole point entirely which is to get close to the One who gave them to us.

Bonus Video – Seasons of the Soul – Gal Einai – Purim to Pesach:

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Personal Growth

In The Place Where The Baal Teshuvah Stands- Even A Complete Tzaddik Can Not

Rabbi David Kalmus – Tells us to ask, “Where are you? to Hashem. No matter how dark the place is.

Personal Thoughts – As a Baal Teshuvah myself, I can identify with a lot dark places (locationally and spiritually) Rabbi Kalmus talks about in this video.

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