Looking Up with Isaac J. Kassin
Sep 24, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
Class #21: Chapter 3: Pages 136-140: Hashem is Here, Hashem is There, Hashem is Truly Everywhere
Isaac J. KassinHost
And, uh, it's really such a time to be joyful and happy and, you know, the holidays, although, like the Arizal says, each holiday possesses a spiritual energy in that timeframe that existed in the original period of that holiday, right? So Matan Torah, there were energies obviously in the, in the, in the creation, in the universe.
So there were these energies of mercy and loving kindness from Hashem, generosity, unearned, undeserved rehameem.
So too, the energies are the same, which again, is why we come during this period of time on Kippur to ask for mechilah.
However, in addition to the fact that the holidays themselves in that time period- Amen ...
in that time period are very, uh, valuable for that specific set of days, the point of the holidays is to teach us a lesson from that holiday for every day of our life.
What that teaches us is what Rabbi Nachman always teaches us, is that every day we could start new, right? It's teaching us how to work that muscle of starting anew.
A person could make a commitment in this moment today, [claps] I'm gonna be a better person in this area.
And, uh, it's really such a time to be joyful and happy and, you know, the holidays, although, like the Arizal says, each holiday possesses a spiritual energy in that timeframe that existed in the original period of that holiday, right? So Matan Torah, there were energies obviously in the, in the, in the creation, in the universe.
So there were these energies of mercy and loving kindness from Hashem, generosity, unearned, undeserved rehameem.
So too, the energies are the same, which again, is why we come during this period of time on Kippur to ask for mechilah.
However, in addition to the fact that the holidays themselves in that time period- Amen ...
in that time period are very, uh, valuable for that specific set of days, the point of the holidays is to teach us a lesson from that holiday for every day of our life.
What that teaches us is what Rabbi Nachman always teaches us, is that every day we could start new, right? It's teaching us how to work that muscle of starting anew.
A person could make a commitment in this moment today, [claps] I'm gonna be a better person in this area.
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