Before the splitting of the sea, before the ten commandments, came this. “HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem”—this month is yours. The first mitzvah ever given to Am Yisrael wasn’t about sacrifice or prayer. It was about time. About renewal. About not waiting. Even while still sunk in the depths of Mitzrayim, Hashem handed us the power to begin again.

Rav Shlomo Katz draws from the holy words of the Chiddushei HaRim, the Beit Avraham, Rav Biderman, and the Shem MiShmuel, to explore what it means to claim your time, your mind, your life, and return to Hashem with the gift of renewal. 

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