Machshava:

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Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Hachsharas Avreichim

Description

The place where the group gathers should be seen as a place of holiness and purity. Each person should have one special and unique friend in the group. What happens with the group should be kept private. We should serve Hashem with tznius (modesty, inwardness, hiddenness, privacy). The Zohar was revealed in a cave, a concealed place. A new member should only be let in if they are serving G-d for the sake of Heaven. Torah can only be acquired in a group. A shul (synagogue) and beis midrash (house of study) are designed to build a fire inside of a person.