Embracing Aseres Yemei Teshuva Through Introspection and Prayer

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Discover the hidden layers of your spiritual journey as we explore how the childhood game Hot and Cold serves as a compelling metaphor for deepening your connection with the divine. Do you ever feel like prayer and spiritual practices are mere rituals that don't truly resonate? This episode promises to guide you through the Aseres Yemei Teshuva, a sacred time when the divine presence is remarkably accessible, by inviting you to examine how close you are to genuinely finding that connection.

Join us as we challenge preconceived notions about spirituality, urging you to honestly reflect on your efforts and intentions in seeking the divine. Like in the game, where the warmth of proximity brings you closer to finding the hidden object, we explore how honest introspection and genuine engagement can lead to profound personal growth. The opportunity for spiritual fulfillment is palpable during these days, and we've crafted this episode as your guide to transforming your approach to prayer and connection. Listen in and let this moment become a meaningful chapter in your spiritual journey.

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It's a great old game.

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I used to play it all the time.

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It's called Hot and Cold, where basically the way the game works is somebody hides an object and the other person goes about trying to find and seek the object, and the person that hid the object gives clues to the one who's searching for the object based on his proximity to finding it.

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His proximity to finding it.

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The closer that you get, the more that the person watching says you're getting warmer, you're getting hotter, you're burning hot, you're about to find it.

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But the more that you get further and distance yourself from the item, the more the fellow says you're getting colder, you're freezing cold, you're never going to find it.

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It feels like this is a perfect muscle for what we're supposed to be doing and the mindset we should be having in the current days, because the way the game works is that when you get so burning hot that you're literally scorching, you're about to find it.

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That's when you pull the pillow back and you find what you've been looking for, and Sarasya Meit Shuvah is described by Chazal as that.

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When are these days that God is specially discernible and findable?

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When are you burning hot that you can actually pull the pillow back and find that item.

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That's during a serisim et shuvah.

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It's these days that God is more palpable, touchable, that you're burning hot about to find the hidden object.

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People always ask oh, tefillah doesn't work, I don't feel the connection.

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Well, have you ever given it, in all honesty, a chance, during the time when it's specifically, specifically tailor-made for you, to feel that meaningful connection?

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Or did you just simply distance yourself from the item and then try to pull a pillow back to find it?

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But you weren't even close, for you were freezing cold.

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These days are the days that God makes himself readily available and easily discoverable.

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Dear Shua Shem, it should be knicker on our face.

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It should be clearly defined on our faces that we're searching for something.

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During these days, and give yourself a real chance at praying with concentration and real, honest, thoughtful introspection.

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Try to meet yourself, try to come to terms with what you need to do in your obligations and really and honestly search for Hashem right now, because this is when we are burning hot and Hashem can be found.

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