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Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Living The Derech Of The Ba'al Shem Tov

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P. 106. Marriage can be a contract between business partners, or it can be a deep, inner, spiritually satisfying experience. Between good friends, the basis of the relationship is the relationship itself. With Hashem, if the totality of our relationship is the specifics of technical halachic details, we are missing out. Pesach is about giving the children simple emunah (faith). The tachlis (ultimate purpose) is the relationship with Hashem, and the mitzvos are the means. The so-called 'off-the-derech' kids are not running away from Yiddishkeit; they have never been introduced to real Yiddishkeit