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Learning How to Love - 10 - Sabotage!
Learning How to Love - Part 10
"Sabotage!"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 26, 2020)
It's a curiosity when you think about it. The typical Jewish greeting is "Shalom Aleichem." To which the greetee responds "Aleichem Shalom" -- exactly reversing the blessing that was originally sent their way.
Why reverse the greeting? Why not just reply with the same "Shalom Aleichem" wish?
One great rabbi humorously noted that this reflects the innate desire of human beings to be contrarians. You say " Shalom Aleichem"? I'll say "Aleichem Shalom"!
It's funny... until it isn't. So often we sabotage ourselves, our families, and our communities by feeling the need to go against what someone else is saying or doing -- just for the sake of going against them. We splinter ourselves because we don't want to align ourselves with others. And while individualism can be a great virtue, being fractured is a great liability.
In this session of Kabbalah & Coffee we explore the roots of individualism and the origins of the desire to sabotage ourselves by turning against each other.
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Learning How to Love - Part 10
"Sabotage!"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 26, 2020)
It's a curiosity when you think about it. The typical Jewish greeting is "Shalom Aleichem." To which the greetee responds "Aleichem Shalom" -- exactly reversing the blessing that was originally sent their way.
Why reverse the greeting? Why not just reply with the same "Shalom Aleichem" wish?
One great rabbi humorously noted that this reflects the innate desire of human beings to be contrarians. You say " Shalom Aleichem"? I'll say "Aleichem Shalom"!
It's funny... until it isn't. So often we sabotage ourselves, our families, and our communities by feeling the need to go against what someone else is saying or doing -- just for the sake of going against them. We splinter ourselves because we don't want to align ourselves with others. And while individualism can be a great virtue, being fractured is a great liability.
In this session of Kabbalah & Coffee we explore the roots of individualism and the origins of the desire to sabotage ourselves by turning against each other.