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Street Farbrengen Episode 108 - Can You Nullify a Self You Don’t Know?
This Week’s Conversation
Does knowing yourself contradict bitul (self-nullification)?
This week’s Street Farbrengen circles a tension many of us feel but rarely articulate:
Chassidus teaches bitul, yet real avodah seems to demand deep self-awareness. Is knowing yourself the goal of avodah—or its prerequisite?
Drawing from Basi LeGani, we explore the Rebbe’s teaching that just as a korban requires bedikah, inspection - so too a person must examine themselves. You cannot elevate what you do not know. Bitul is not erasing the self, but refining it—bringing the whole person, body included, onto…
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