
Struggling to Feel Growing up, I always had a hard time connecting to the Three Weeks, the Nine Days, and especially Tisha B’Av. The mourning. The restrictions. The heaviness. I tried to feel something — but couldn’t. Part of it was that I didn’t fully understand what we were mourning. I mean, I grew up…

Learning to grow when the inspiration disappears Some moments hit us like lightning.A loss that cracks us open.A flash of clarity that lifts the fog.A spiritual high where everything feels alive — awake — infinite. And in that moment, we tell ourselves:“I’ll never go back. This changed me forever.” But then… we do.The pain softens.…