What gives the words of Bircas Kohanim such power is their simplicity and beauty

Suffering only brings forth salvation if there are seeds of longing to become higher

It’s remarkable that despite the fact that the Shevatim were now separating into separate camps, this didn’t cause the discord Moshe feared

One who controls his yetzer hara reaches that same level of mesirus nefesh as the shemittah observers

“If a Jew decides to learn Torah only for himself, Hashem may not give it to him!”

A Jew doesn’t act as an individual, but as part of the klal

Those deficiencies we see in others are really there in ourselves

To truly experience Yom Tov, the feelings have to come from a deeper source

We separate the ashes as a symbolic gesture to publicly declare the significance of yesterday’s service