GREAT READS → SISTER SHMOOZE Issue 912 · May 25, 2022

Aha! Moments

When we Sisters decided to explore our own Aha! moments, we discovered something interesting

Aha! Moments

And then there’s the story of Thomas Edison playing with some materials in his lab. Suddenly, the myth goes, Edison realized how to turn known theories of electrical currents into a practical source of light. In that “light-bulb moment,” he gave us… light bulbs.

Though historians question the truth behind these legends, we know that people do indeed have moments when they suddenly get a fresh idea, gain a new understanding, discover an as-yet-undiscovered truth.

When we Sisters decided to explore our own Aha! moments, we discovered something interesting. No, not a new scientific theory or invention. We found that our own Aha! moments revealed something about ourselves.

Join us as we learn how wandering thoughts can bring us closer to Hashem; how shared and separate identities are forged; and how an Aha! moment can help us break through our self-imposed limitations, even as it shows us the limits of… Aha! moments.

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