Wednesday, January 10, 2007

"Till That Wave Passes Over You"

Dixie Yid: Spiritual Ebb and Flow

UPDATE: Read Rabbi Ozer Bergman's excellent advice to Dixie Yid here

posted by A Simple Jew @ 4:37 AM   4 comments

4 Comments:

At January 10, 2007 at 6:13:00 AM EST, Blogger A Simple Jew said...

Dixie Yid: I also once wrote about this topic in Ascending And Descending Wisdom From The Trumbum

 
At January 10, 2007 at 2:17:00 PM EST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A Simple Jew, thanks for pointing me to that post. The ratzo shouldn't be too fast or too much like you're saying.

What I'm also thinking, in light of What Rebbe Nachman said in Tinyana 48, is that you need to hold onto your madreiga, and not give up on things you're doing because of how low you feel.

So, that leads me to my thought, which is that it'd be a good idea to make your "ratzo" that much better, so you can have more to hold onto during the "shov" period. So I'm thinking about what that should be...

-Dixie Yid

 
At January 10, 2007 at 2:19:00 PM EST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Avakesh,

Thanks for the definition. That one focuses more on the affirmative side of "shov." Instead of viewing it as a time to get through till the next "ratzo," it's a goal in and of it's self. Which, whatever definition you use, must really be true, since Hashem bothered to create the "shov," as well as the "ratzo!"

-Dixie Yid

 
At January 11, 2007 at 1:31:00 PM EST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please see my update on this post here:

http://dixieyid.blogspot.com/2007/01/spiritual-ebb-and-flow-sequel.html

based on my conversation with Rabbi Ozer Bregman, when I asked him my question from my original post.

-Dixie Yid

 

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