It is no secret that Jews in both Israel and around the world are facing tremendous challenges at this time. And addressing these challenges demands great strength. “Me’ayin yavo ezri/from where will come my help” (Psalms 121:1) – from where can we draw the necessary fortitude to confront and overcome the hazards and threats that assail us from all sides? The holiday of Shavuos provides a powerful answer.

What is true strength? Is it physical might, willpower, spiritual vigor – perhaps all of these together?

Are you strong? What type of strength do you admire, and to what type of strength do you aspire?

Each of us has strengths and weaknesses. There are those areas in which we excel, and others in which we could use improvement. All of us succeed at times and fail at others. It is simply human nature.

It is also our nature to desire to improve. We are born fragile and vulnerable, and as we develop and mature, we gain strength, and balance, and knowledge. We become more adept and more aware. Life, ideally, is a constant process of learning and growing and progressing from one........

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