Shabbos HaGadol isn’t just “the Shabbos before Pesach.” It’s called Gadol because something big is demanded of you. Not information. Not inspiration. Expansion. This is the Shabbos where a Jew is pushed into הפלגת האהבה — a larger, deeper, more real relationship with Hashem. Just like Shabbos Shuvah calls you to return, Shabbos HaGadol calls you to step up into who you’re supposed to be before geulah begins.

We unpacked the connection between these two Shabbosos — one rooted in teshuvah, the other in ahavah — and how both are impossible without a real foundation of emunah and bitachon. Because without that foundation, nothing holds. Not your growth, not your commitments, not your life. This episode turns into another epic rant because it needs to — we’re playing games with things that are meant to define us.

I also shared how deeply I was impacted by a recent episode of the Meaningful People Podcast (linked below). Not just inspiration — a reminder that there are people actually living this. Actually taking it seriously. And that’s the call of Shabbos HaGadol:

Because if emunah isn’t real—

nothing is.

Meaningful People with Mrs. Danielle Renov: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meaningful-people/id1502942214?i=1000756469154

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