Surrender to the Dance

InspirationParsha

Oct 10

Some years ago I was in NY for the annual conference of Shluchim. I saw a friend who had recently celebrated the marriage of his daughter.

I asked him how the wedding was and he shared a piece of advice. When your daughter gets married, don't have any L'chaim at the wedding. The joy of the celebration is so great that you don't need any support to celebrate. Just let the joy out of your soul and your feet will respond in kind.

I took his advice and four weddings in, I have danced with abandon at each of my children's weddings (and I'm getting better and better at it :-)).

As we celebrate Zman Simchaseinu - the festival of joy and prepare ourselves for Simchas Torah I invite you to let go and let G-d. After accessing the essence of our soul on Rosh Hashanah and its climax on Yom Kippur, we have an opportunity to take this experience of soul and let it translate all the way to our feet.

The energy we unleash inside of us can empower us the entire year to live aligned and connected.

Put your dancing shoes on and join us Tuesday evening (and Wednesday morning), celebrating our Judaism from our souls to our soles. Dance it up!

Ps. At some point we take it to the BeltLine and dance it from our souls into the world around us, creating transformation inside and outside. https://www.chabadintown.com/events/simchastorah

Chag Sameach and Good Shabbos!

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