Venue: Young Israel of West Hempstead Young Israel of West Hempstead

Machshava:

Lag BaOmer,  Sefirat HaOmer,  Shavuot 

Collections: R' Abramovitz Psychology in the Writings of Rav Dessler

References: Yevamot: 62b  

Description

How can the mantra of Alcoholics Anonymous help us purify ourselves for Shavuos? (Sources: Michtav M'Eliyahu vol. 2, pp. 24-25; vol. 4, pp. 123-124. Also see Blaine et al. (2020). Association of prefrontal-striatal functional pathology with alcohol abstinence days at treatment initiation and heavy drinking after treatment initiation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177(11), 1048-1059.)