Why do we close ourselves off where we should open up - in a relationship, in a true connection with our spouse, but open ourselves up where we should close ourselves off - in front of the refrigerator, in front of the plate of food, in front of the sweets that calm us down for a little moment? In the lesson, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson shakes the darkness, a deep secret hidden in two small points of punctuation in the Torah - the kimetz and the fatah.
A tiny difference between Parshat Shemini and Parshat Kedoshim reveals a whole world of wisdom: When should we shrink back and hold back, and when should we open up and surrender? This fascinating journey touches on the root of our pain - the deep fear of being vulnerable, the terror of rejection, and the constant escape to the imaginary comfort of emotional eating.
Rabbi Jacobson on the way the Torah gives us to release the emotional shackles that suffocate us, to break through the wall of loneliness, and to discover the true taste of holiness - not as closure and seclusion, but as openness and deep devotion in exactly the right place and time.
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