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Author: Binyamin Rutstein

Awe grows through appreciation, not emotion-hunting.

Awe grows through appreciation, not emotion-hunting.

Appreciation means noticing that something is real, meaningful, and not yours to control. When you truly appreciate G-d, or life, or existence itself, your mind doesn’t rush to comfort. It slows down. It notices depth. You feel connected. That’s how awe grows. This is how relationships begin. With people, relationship starts through curiosity. With the […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

Why perfectionism makes people fall for religious schemes

Why perfectionism makes people fall for religious schemes

Perfectionism isn’t about wanting to be good. It’s about being afraid to admit ‘bad’ or uncomfortable feelings. Ego feelings like: 1. jealousy 2. wanting attention 3. feeling better than others 4. feeling unimportant or confused For a perfectionist, these feelings feel dangerous. Not because they’re evil, but because the person thinks: “If I feel this, […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

A strange teaching from the Talmud

A strange teaching from the Talmud

Beit Shammai taught something that sounds harsh at first: It would have been better if a person had not been created. That doesn’t mean life is bad. It means being alive is risky. Because once a person exists, the Ego shows up. Wanting comfort shows up. The drive for reward, control, and validation (people pleasing) […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

AI won’t replace education.

AI won’t replace education.

It replaces guessing. AI doesn’t know what matters. It doesn’t know what’s wrong. It doesn’t know what to focus on. You do. AI only works as well as the mind guiding it. Prompting isn’t typing smart words. Prompting is knowing what to ask. And that comes from: 1. knowing the subject 2. seeing patterns 3. […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

Trauma doesn’t bring you closer to the Creator by itself.

Trauma doesn’t bring you closer to the Creator by itself.

It creates the need for a deeper kind of love. When life is smooth, you don’t notice love very much. You feel in control. But when something hurts, when you feel scared, ashamed, depressed, or confused, you lose that control. And that’s the moment something important happens. What trauma actually is, Trauma isn’t just what […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

If growth isn’t built on truth,

If growth isn’t built on truth,

it collapses when shame or fear appears. That’s why one should increase their study of the teachings of Moses. Moses was the greatest prophet, by the scale of revelation and miracles he was a channel for. But more importantly, his teachings give the deepest structure to suffering. They show what a real relationship with G-d […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

The messianic era isn’t about escaping the world.

The messianic era isn’t about escaping the world.

Maimonides explains that it’s a time when everyone’s main occupation is to know G-d, to live with felt awareness of Him inside ordinary life. The Rebbe explained how a human being actually gets there. He taught that the work begins with joy. Not forced happiness, but joy that grows out of awe through trust. Awe […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

Why?

Why?

Because the distance between us and the One who created everything is immense. If that distance were erased, relationship would be impossible. There would be no “you,” no choice, no response, only absorption into His oneness. For relationship to exist at all, creation required concealment, His presence feeling hidden, so that we could exist as […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

Many people are experiencing the same thing with G-d,

Many people are experiencing the same thing with G-d,

they still care, they still try, but the joy has faded, so the relationship doesn’t feel alive. But the reason goes deeper: G-d is not only our Father; He is also our King. And joy in a relationship with a King only comes after awe. Awe means recognizing His infiniteness: That He sees the whole […]

Author: Binyamin Rutstein

One purpose of praying at the grave of a righteous person

One purpose of praying at the grave of a righteous person

is that they are a channel of unconditional love. Your body recognizes that energy, it has known it before, and it can help you notice what your requests are, and sharing your requests with that soul can boost your self-esteem, because it helps you feel you matter. That feeling helps you believe your voice matters, […]

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