The Talit (prayer shawl)

B”H

It is known to bring Yirah-

Translated as fear.

But that's not the feeling AT ALL.

How do I know?

My Hebrew birthday this year was on Saturday night and Sunday

(The Hebrew day starting at night)

So on Shabbat, I decided to wake up very early, before dawn,

So I could pray at dawn- Naytz, in a very special Shul- synagogue I like to go to.

I decided to dress in all white.

It symbolizes holiness.

It symbolizes cleanliness,

It symbolizes purity and Gdliness.

I wanted to bring those feelings into my life and decided to connect with them.

I tapped in.

On the way to Shul, my sister and I were walking down the street, and all of a sudden we see this man, he looked like a Rabbi,

Covered in a Talit, a prayer shawl.

Scurrying around the corner.

At that moment I felt complete and utter Yirah..

I never really knew what it meant or let alone how it felt before.

But it was this feeling of being completely taken aback.

A feeling of speechlessness.

We stood still for a moment, just witnessing.

You can’t really explain it.

It’s not fear.

It’s not a feeling of being scared.

It’s AWE.

The emoji in blue and has no eyes or mouth.

Just shocked.

In amazement.

In holy awe.

It was the best feeling ever.

I have recently been trying to understand what Yirah is.

And for my birthday, Gd gave me the ability.

I can say with all heart and soul,

That was one of the best birthday presents I ever gotten, in my whole life.

And just thinking,

That was just a person.

I’m not sure who it was,

Maybe a holy Tzadik- Righteous man,

But the way Gd was able to send a Shaliach- Messenger,

For me to understand what that feeling of Yirah is,

I am FOREVER GRATEFUL.

Whenever I remember this,

It makes me so much more in AWE of Gd.

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Does awe come from a place of Love?

Does it come from a place of respect?

Does it come from a place of openness?

Yes.

Yes, Awe comes from a place of Love,

But love also comes from a place of Awe.

And in order to really have a good personal connection WITH Gd,

We need both.

We need that LOVE,

We need that LOVE from AWE

And we need that AWE,

We need that AWE from LOVE.

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