SF - 🕊️ The Day After: Closeness Beyond Measure

The journey is beautiful

NEW: "Ask the Rabbi": salantorg@gmail.com Receive a personal, private response from Rabbi Zvi Miller. We're updating our contact information. If you'd like to receive important updates by phone or text, please reply with your mobile number to: salantorg@gmail.com בס״ד 🕊️ The Day After: Closeness Beyond Measure On the day following Yom Kippur—B’shem Hashem (the traditional day of "returning to the world")—we step into a rare and radiant atmosphere. The heavy labor of soul-searching and fasting gives way to an elevated closeness to HaShem. When a person engages in sincere teshuvah (repentance) according to the very best of their capacity, HaShem does not look merely at the flawless execution—He rewards the pure sincerity of the effort. The divine response far exceeds simple pardon: 🌊 Total Cleansing: HaShem washes away the stain of past missteps, restoring the soul to pristine purity. 🕊️ Intimate Nearness: Even more wondrously, He draws the person near to the holy Shechinah, elevating them into an embrace of divine intimacy. ☀️ Eternal Illumination: In the world of truth—the eternal Gan Eden—He bestows a distinct, radiant light reserved specifically for those who struggled, transformed, and returned. 🌱 Core Lesson When a person embarks on the path of teshuvah, HaShem fully recognizes the courage and energy it takes to turn around. Far from merely tolerating our return, our Sages teach that HaShem cherishes the ba’al teshuvah with a profound affection—loving them even more deeply than before the initial fall, because their connection was rebuilt through conscious striving. 🧭 Daily Application Walk forward today wrapped in this renewed connection. Instead of replaying doubts or past errors, fix your awareness entirely on the infinite mercy, boundless forgiveness, and tender love of HaShem that envelops you today—and every single day. (Based on Tomer Devorah, Ch. 4, by Rav Moshe Cordovero) To receive Salant Emails, please send "request" to salantorg@gmail.com Donate May the souls who left this world be remembered for a blessing. R' Yochanon Mordecai ben Ephraim and Moras Esther Leah bas Yehudah Yoseph HaRav HaGaon Rebe Mordecai ben Rav Moshe and Rebbitzen Mazel Malka bas Sara Meira Leah bas Michael Basha Elka bas Moshe HaCohen Devorah bas Moshe HaRav HaGaon Rebe Yisrael ben HaRav HaGaon Zev Wolf HaRav HaGaon Rebe Moshe ben HaRav HaGaon Yacov Moshe Fisher HaRav HaGaon Daniel Zvi ben Avraham Chanuch HaRav HaGaon BZF HaRav HaGoan Yaacov Yitzchak HaRav HaGaon Gershon Chaim R' Maair Ben R' Yakutiel and Javayeer z"tl Refuah Shleimah Yochanon Baruch ben Fruma Ettta Zivia bas Raizel Tzvi ben Chana Avner Shimon ben Argamon Leah Hadassah bas Michal Chana Chava Bas Michal Chanah Nuna bas Nuna Yakir Efraim Ben Rachel Devora Chaya Leah bas Sara Chaya Shaina Chana Bas Itcha Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora Shmuel Ben Navat Chanah Tauba bat Tzilah. Daniella bat Sarah Rise bat Faiga Esther bas Chana salantfoundation.org US 305 653 1182 Israel 058 429 8471 Visit our website Connect with us Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email

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