In last week’s article, we outlined that if we want to have a close relationship with the Infinite, we are going to want to transform ourselves into givers in order to align ourselves with the Ultimate Giver, God. However, we left off with a question: If I’m created with a nature to receive, and therefore…

We have previously described a system in which God “wants” to give of His goodness and, therefore, creates us to be the receivers of that goodness. So, it seems like we’re done. God wants to give. Man wants to receive. God gives. Man receives. Game over. So, what are we still doing here? Turns out…

In the last few posts, we’ve discussed the manner in which the objectively meaningless collection, sports team, and rock concert experience usurps the soul’s thirst for something objectively meaningful, thereby pulling it away from actually attaining its true goal of personal refinement and relationship with God. In order to rectify this situation, what needs to…

In previous articles we discussed the manner in which many of us get distracted from our goal of achieving the ultimate in life and wind up putting our focus and energies into building that which is temporary and trivial. Such a distraction is referred to in Kabbalah as “klipah”, meaning shell, because a shell surrounds the…

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