27. Shlach 5780: The Art Of Challah -Making Selflessness Selfless

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10158171165098257/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/hachaim/27-shlach-5780-the-art-of-challah-making-selflessness-selfless Written: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpk66ixxh7qh0kf/27.%20shlach%205780%20-the%20art%20of%20challah.pdf?dl=0 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ULPd8P5D9Fc ----- I heard this great line in a conversation between two people: “Do you know why everyone you love and help leave you, and you are left a lonely man? Because, even when you try to do something selfless, you make it selfish.” Shazam! Kaboom! What an awesome insight! Only, that I see this not limited to those who are outstanding in their self-centeredness and selfishness, but rather, as a flaw imbedded within the very DNA of human beings, albeit, at different levels of quality and quantity. It takes a very serious level of awareness, prayer, and work, in order to be able to loosen the grip of this self-centeredness imbedded within us. More than ever, this awareness, prayer and hard work to loosen the bounds of self-centeredness is pertinent when we are working on Teshuvah (return; repentance), working on bringing about a Tikkun for a past wrong doing. In this lecture, we are going to explore the process in keeping our selflessness from becoming selfish. This lecture is based primarily on a maamor the Rebbe delivered, on this Shabbat in 1968, exploring the spiritual dimension of the mitzvah of separation a portion of one’s dough for Challah.