Some observant Jews describe the same experience. There was a period when observance was vivid. And then, some years later, the vividness thinned. The practice continued. The observance continued. But the aliveness was harder to find.

Observance is meant to be service. That is what avodas Hashem literally means. Service is connection to Hashem, and connection to Hashem is what the whole thing was for. This is what the Ramchal establishes at the opening of........

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