When we gird ourselves for battle, we can rise above our lower selves
Voices. We hear them all day long. They tell us we must buy the most fashionable items on the market. Incessant, they make us believe that we can’t be happy unless we acquire the latest and greatest. Or they influence us to think that it is okay to be angry, or annoyed, for this particular situation warrants such a response.
How do we silence these voices? How do overcome their powerful pull?
One potent weapon we have is to say the brachah “Ozer Yisrael bigvurah — He girds Yisrael with strength” with special kavanah.
What is it about this brachah — originally recited in the mornings when getting dressed and putting on one’s belt — that enables us to silence our internal voices?
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