You mean Yosef Hatzaddik is not your real name?

ur-a-jew wrote on 22 Dec 2010 21:37:


That is the title I am dreaming about. the one that newspapers are gonna refer to me with. it is not the name on my Talis bag.  ;D

I recently had a conversation with a Godol. Told him about GYE, the Phone Groups, The 12 Steps, & how I actually experienced some changes myself. (Yes, I did. Believe it or not!)

At another opportunity, I asked him what should be my avoda this Shovavim tat. He replied that I am fine, I should continue  in this same track. It seemed to me that he was just trying to brush off my question so I persisted. Not sinning is not something special for these weeks, we mustn't sin anytime. These weeks are especially opportune for being mesaken our pegamim - rectifying the damage that we cause through our sins.

This time he responded more directly, saying that the program we are on is a good path. This will correct the past, continuing this work is Shovavim work.

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world wrote on 22 Dec 2010 22:07:

I guess you are speechless too.

אמור מעט ועשה הרבה

Shovavim is a time for more guilt. I am sure lots of people act out more during shovavim.

i don't want to hijack YH's thread but i think that shovavim-induced tension is part of a general misconception and warped idea of what Hashem wants from us and how He relates to us. He is not the Big Bad Guy in the Sky, he is our Father and loves us more than we know. He wants us to be clean and pure because it is the very best thing for us.
we need some global warming of hearts...

Internalizing ZemirosShabbos's message may be a MAJOR part of the tikkun of Shovavim Tat!!!

okay.  I'm here.  Let the fun begin.

what kind of fun?

snowball fights?

A&W Moment:

I had a Let God moment. Hashem didn't let me down.

I wanted to look in a Chumash to try to think of a vort.

I decided not to start at Sheini (where I am up to). I wanted to look further into the parsha.
So I just opened the Chumash at random, thinking that I will start learning from the 1st page in Parshas Bo that it opens up to.

It opened to..... Sheini!

I was not happy. It was not working out according to my plan. 

I decided that Hashem knows better than me & I should just learn from there.
I started learning.

The 2nd Possuk contained a VERY inspirational msg!

Did Hashem have a good plan after all???



You can see the vort in the Ha'oros Thread

gevaldig!

an honest mouse wrote on 04 Jan 2011 22:51:


I think so too!

that is why I posted it.... Duh!


[size=6pt]just kidding. pls don't get insulted.  :-[/size]