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BRS Sunrise Minyan Thought (Iyyar, 2024) - Holiness & Recovery
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Rabbi Goldberg introduces the significance of the upcoming month of Iyyar, a time dedicated to healing for the Jewish community, encompassing physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery. He discusses the danger of becoming too familiar with sacredness, which can lead to contempt and a loss of sensitivity towards what's considered holy. Through examples from Jewish scripture and teachings, Rabbi Goldberg emphasizes the importance of refreshing one's approach to faith and spirituality to maintain its holiness and significance.
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good morning Boer welcome to vs Sunrise
minion at the beach a very special thank
you to the con family for sponsoring in
memory of our dear beloved friend so
come please make a in his memory thank
you for the coffee and for the
refreshments this month tomorrow we
bench the month of we welcome in the new
month the say that is an acronym stands
for is the month of tremendous healing P
to all the Jewish people need healing we
need healing from our internal wounds we
need healing from the self-inflicted
wounds we need healing from the wounds
that our enemies are trying to inflict
upon us
here is the source of our healing when
we turn to him surrender to him submit
to him when we feel his presence like a
beautiful glorious morning like this the
sun rises exactly what it's supposed to
Hashem is winking and smiling at us on a
beautiful beautiful morning like this is
giving us heing tomorrow's we
read Aron was not allowed or entitled to
enter the sanctuary the holy place
whenever he wanted Rashi says why not
because the sh the divine presence was
found there what's the problem Hashem
can be caught off guard Hashem is
private at his modesty what's the
problem with our entering whenever he
wants the great says the problem is
familiarity breeds contempt if a person
is too casual if a person is too
familiar if a person comes in and leaves
whenever they want then they're going to
lose their sanctity their sensitivity
they're going to lose the notion that
something is Holy sacred something is
special the uh M tells us tell us that
the pilgrims the when they would come to
theik for the festivals the Y told them
they had to exit a different entrance
than the way they came in they couldn't
keep everything going the same
familiarity breeds contempt even the M
even the great M the miraculous food
that fell from heaven Jewish people got
sick and time tired of it it was
miraculous it tasted like anything that
you wanted and yet somehow they got sick
and tired of it they complained of it
because familiar already be contempt how
do you maintain Holiness and sanctity by
keeping things fresh and new and
exciting by taking 8 days off from on Mo
PES you were willing to take a mortgage
to buy a pie of pizza a couple a married
couple take time off it creates a
longing and a yearning to be able to
come back together again when it comes
to and constantly be getting new and
fresh and
exciting not to have a familiar and
boring and St to keep it fresh to keep
it exciting to keep it real to keep it
new as we're counting up SPH we're
counting to standing at the base of that
mountain
together should bring us the healing
that we need healing between one another
healing within ourselves healing with
the world and ultimately the ultimate
healing of mhia coming have a beautiful
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