011 Darkness by Design: Understanding the Cycles of Growth and Gilui

What if your darkness wasn’t a detour — but the design?In this shiur on Tzidkas HaTzaddik 11, we uncover Rav Tzadok’s foundational principle: choshech (darkness) doesn’t just come before or (light) — it makes the light possible. From the opening lines of creation to the inner cycles of your own avodah, the Torah reveals a pattern: absence before presence, void before revelation, klipah before pri.Rav Tzadok reframes how we encounter difficulty, delay, or silence — not as breakdowns, but as the exact conditions that allow something higher to emerge. We explore:Why the Torah begins with nightHow your own setbacks might be the first step of giluyAnd why Torah and Kodshim are the rare places where light comes firstA shiur about beginnings, but even more — about how to begin again.