#shiur

Because my Rabbi told me to read up and thoroughly study the 13 Principles, I have been up all night learning them like the back of my hand.

I had watched Rebbetzin Raquel Kirszenbaum's lectures on the Principles a few years ago, but decided to rewatch them and take notes this time.

Her lectures on this topic do go into mysticism a bit, but nothing too advanced that they can't ne grasped by novices.

They truly remind me of why I'm going down this path to embrace a Jewish life through Torah and mitzvot.

I don't remember a time in my life where I didn't believe in G-d nor a time where I wasn't curious about the ways things are and how they came to be. I was never satisifed with the answers I was given.

I liked some things people told me, but most of it didn't make sense to me.

Then I found Torah and Judaism. Everything (and I mean everything) sat right with me. It all made sense.

I've always been fascinated by the vastness of the Universe and I could never comphrend it; But then Rebbetzin Kirszenbaum brought up tzimtzum and it clicked. After 22 years of seeking to understand, it clicked within 2 minutes of her shiur.