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Ascent Lights
Contemporary Illuminations from Ascent-of-Safed's director - Rabbi Shaul Leiter - & other staff & guest teachers
Do we truly understand what was lost with the Temple's Destruction?
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We weep for the sorry state of our reality, yet find a way to embrace the present with unconditional acceptance.
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In the month of Av, says Sefer Yetzira, the sense of listening is up for rectification.
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The "Three Weeks" are comparable to drawing the outline of a picture, which is then filled in with a full array of color.
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When we act with self-sacrifice, we bring the Redemption closer
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Fifteenth of Av - Tu B'Av
The Fifteenth of Av is the Jewish Holiday that among all holidays most captures the essence of its Full Moon component.
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Beginner
As the destruction was prophesied, so too we trust in the renewal foretold
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Intermediate
Persistence paves the way to Redemption.
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