The Bitter Month
by Rabbi Ari GoldwagCheshvan is when darkness reigns, yet growth begins deep beneath the surface.
Cheshvan is when darkness reigns, yet growth begins deep beneath the surface.
The month that moves us out of being enslaved to our egos.
The power of turning the bitter into sweet, sickness into healing.
At Sinai we moved above and beyond, where the whole truth dwells.
What can happen when we see everything as being fully within our grasp and under our control.
The same covenant that promises suffering, promises redemption.
With only 30 days left in the year, Elul is a time of yearning, forgiveness and return.
Looking at the world from its inner spiritual core outward.
Now is the time to put into action all the hopes, prayers and resolutions we made at the start of the Jewish New Year.
Each of us has to fight off darkness in our own way.
The spiritual significance of the month of Shvat.
Purim teaches us to appreciate the world's awesome beauty, amidst so much chaos and horror.