Two perspectives on the law of the Sotah.

Heavy lifting.

The harder you work for Hashem, the greater your status.

Levi'im have a unique ability to impact the community from birth.

A healthy spiritual connection requires appropriate spiritual boundaries.

Torah learning is not simply academic, but a challenge to rise above the world itself.

Two approaches to our Jewish experience:

Step-by-step when you're in a purely spiritual environment, willingness to sacrifice when you're working to transform the world.

Spiritual growth starts with speaking your body's language and progresses to stimulating your soul. 

Judaism divides life into two time zones, "body" time when we're meant to work within the world and "soul" when we're meant to transcend the world. 

Our choices, both positive and negative, have far-reaching consequences.

A magnificent siyum on Yoma, with a fascinating insight into the Kohen Gadol and a powerful lesson about the Jewish reality.