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Light Candles at 17:52
\nShabbat, March 5th,
\nShabbat Ends 19:07
\nTorah Portion: Vayakhel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Stealth Super-Powers<\/p>\n

Fear and crisis can bring us an important recognition: We have potential that reaches beyond our normal limitations. Tapping it is only a question of motivation. And a loved one being threatened by a bear, or trapped by a car, can really motivate. But beyond these spontaneous spurts of our deeper potential, can we possibly tap this inner core on an average Thursday?<\/p>\n

For example: You\u2019re exhausted after a day\u2019s work, and all you want is a couch. You recognize that your family can use some quality time, but you simply have no strength. Or do you? Do you perhaps have a deeper reservoir of strength to tap? Is it possible to get past your \u2018natural limitations\u2019 to accomplish things you know are important, but don\u2019t seem to have the internal wherewithal?<\/p>\n

It may feel totally counter-intuitive, but the answer is usually \u2018Yes.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jewish spirituality tells us that we each have a potential for something called \u2018Mesiras Nefesh\u2019, which translates into \u2018core (soul) commitment.\u2019 When we truly recognize and feel a need, we can rise above our logical and physical limitations and rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n

Queen Esther, of the Purim saga, is our timeless model. As Queen, she wasn\u2019t in personal danger. Nor was she witnessing a sudden calamity that made her spring into action. She understood, especially with the advice of her elder uncle Mordechai, that the Jews were facing a mortal enemy. Given her circumstances, there was little she could do without endangering her own life. She had every rational reason to wring her hands and say \u201cI wish I could help.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she dug deeper. She could not rest until she did everything in her power, and beyond her normal range of power, to save them.<\/p>\n

She succeeded then, and she\u2019s been helping us succeed ever since.<\/p>\n

Would you like to do something G-dly but honestly \u2018can\u2019t find the time and energy\u2019? Take a second to think of Queen Esther. And dig a little deeper.<\/p>\n

Shabbat Shalom!
\nRabbi Yanky Klein<\/p>\n

This email is In Loving memory of my dear father
\nR’ Yerachmiel Binyamin Halevi ben R, Menachem Klein OBM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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