Posted in Hashkafa, tagged rav shimshon pincus on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today 12 Nissan, marks the Yahrtzeit of my Rebbe, Harav Hagaon Rav Shimshon Pincus Zatzal.
My He and his Rebbetzin and daughter Miriam be a Meiltiz Yosher for their family, for their daughter Ruchama Rochel Bas Chaya Mindel, for my family and for all of Klal Yisroel, ad bias goel Tzedek.
Posted in Hashkafa, tagged dancing, holiness, inner joy, ivdu es hashem b'simcha, joy, purim, sameach, serving hashem with joy, simcha, spirituality on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There is a famous parable about a King whose only son was exiled to a far away land. One day, he received a letter from his father, the King. He was so excited, that he wished to dance! However, how could he possibly dance by himself in public? Surely, this would seem a bit strange to these simple townspeople. So he thought of an idea. He walked into a local tavern and purchased a few bottles of whiskey which he doled out freely to all of the people inside. He partook of the whiskey as well. Soon they were all drunk and the Prince began to dance with them! While they were all dancing from sheer inebriation, the Prince was actually dancing from the joy he felt at receiving his fathers’ letter.
The same is true with all of us. Hashem gives each of us a Guf and Neshama – a body and spirit. Sometimes, our Neshama is imbued with a tremendous inner joy, as the result of a spiritual accomplishment or achievement. The Neshama wants to dance! Alas, it is tied to its counterpart, our physical body. The body isn’t ready or doesn’t feel up to dancing. So what do we do? We feed our body a bit of Schnapps to placate it! We drink a L’chaim or two, so as to facilitate and coax our body into dancing for the sake of our Neshama!!
This type of dancing, is imbued with spirituality and holiness!
<Heard From Rav Shimshon Pincus>
