THE TORAH IS A BRIDE. Every Jew is a letter in the Torah... If you don't speak against any Jew, you will also find the Torah perfect and beautiful. You will deeply love the Torah, since when the bride is beautiful, love is perfect. Sichot HaRan 91
WHAT DOES SHAVUOT HAVE TO DO WITH CHANUKAH?The 7-candle menorah of Rebbe Nachman represents one of the highest spiritual levels one can attain. The structure of this "menorah" corresponds to the human face and its seven apertures. The head, or mind, is the menorah itself. The 7 candles are the mouth, two nostrils, eyes, and ears. These 7 apertures are gateways into the mind. By controlling what comes through them, the mind can ascend to the highest levels of holiness, even ruach hakodesh! See Likutey Moharan 21
Five years ago on Shavuot morning, Rabbanit Esther Yehudit Kenig, z"l, returned her pure soul to heaven. Wife of Reb Gedaliah, z"l, she was known to have been a living paradigm of Rebbe Nachman's special menorah which serves to inspire us all. Download a beautiful tribute to her life and accomplishments here as a PDF (1.8 MB).
consider this war tactic
IN THE HEAT OF ANY BATTLE WITH THE YETZER HARA...
You really have nothing in the world but the present moment. The past is gone and the future doesn't yet exist. It is our job to ensure that we don't lose the present so it will be completely ours. We can easily attain it, since it is only the blink of an eye--but only on the condition that we don't think about the past or future.
The strength of the yetzer hara is very weak in the present. You can easily conquer him here since his whole trick is to make you worry about the past and fear the future. Choose good in the present moment. This advice can lighten the difficulty of any test. Adapted from "Shaarey Tzaddik" by Reb Gedaliah Kenig, Letter #41
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