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Cheshvan - The Stories We Tell Ourselves When Hashem Feels Absent
After the extraordinary spiritual heights of Tishrei, Cheshvan arrives with an unsettling silence. The Yomim Tovim are over, the inspiration begins to fade, and we are left wondering where all that closeness to Hashem has gone.
When Shlomo HaMelech completed the Beis HaMikdash, its doors remained closed for almost an entire year. In the absence of an explanation, people began to whisper. Perhaps Shlomo was unworthy. Perhaps the Shechinah would never come.
Centuries later, Yeravam faced a different kind of uncertainty and responded by inventing an entire Yom Tov in Cheshvan.
Why do we find…
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