How to Refresh Yourself Amidst a Mid-Life Crises

 In an age of spiritual malady, mid-life crises, and ageneral feeling of ‘’blah,’’ we all yearn for stimulation and התחדשות– a sense of newness. But mistakenly we believe that such התחדשות is beyondour grasp so long as we are stuck in our present living conditions, relationshipsand life circumstances. In truth we all can satisfy this craviong for spiritualstimulation, without external changes or dramatic upheavals. This becomesapparent when we tease a splendid passage from the writings of Rav TzadokHakohen of Lublin.