Atonement via Affliction

21/09/2023 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

The Rebbe is vehemently opposed to self-affliction, but offers a surprising alternative that "can transform a person from one thing into another" and that goes all the way back to the Fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe—resisting the tantalizing urge to speak, and spending 15 minutes every day contemplating one's state.