Machshava:

Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Tanya

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P. 178. (footnotes) in Likutei Oros by Rav Moshe Wolfson. Avraham Avinu came from terrible parental stock. The place where a person is born creates certain challenges in ones life. Separating from the inappropriate behaviours of the land, then family, and finally, parents. Sunday in Eretz Yisrael is not Shabbos sheini shel galuyos (a 2nd Shabbos day for those living outside of eretz Yisrael). What exactly does it mean when Hashem tells Avraham Avinu to "lech lechah" (to move away)? The need to find our own way and be our own person. Respecting our parents doesn't meant that we have to be a clone. Why, as a people, were we in specific countries during the early exiles. The erev Shabbos Cappuccino and muffin "seder." Jewish mosrim (informants) began in earnest during the Greek exile.