Скачать или смотреть How to Become Aligned with Yourself - Lessons from Mann Gulch (Self-Development 10) | R' Rosman

In this powerful EFG Schmooze, Rabbi Rosman explores a subtle but life-changing distinction in Lashon HaKodesh: the difference between lehashiv and lehachazir, two words that both mean “to return,” yet describe completely different spiritual processes.

Beginning with the brachah of Hashiveinu Avinu L’Torasecha in Shemoneh Esrei, Rabbi Rosman explains:
Why Lashon HaKodesh never uses two words for the same concept
The difference between returning to the exact same state (hashavas aveidah) and returning on a higher level (chazarah)
How the Gemara in Talmud Bavli teaches that every Jew learns the entire Torah before birth
Why, according to the Vilna Gaon, Torah must already be inside us for us to access it
Teshuvah, Rabbi Rosman explains, is not self-correction. It’s realignment. It’s a conscious return to who we already are.

To illustrate this idea, he shares the gripping story of the 1949 Mann Gulch wildfire, later analyzed by organizational psychologist Adam Grant in Think Again, and the radical decision of firefighter Wagner Dodge that saved his life.

From this tragic story emerge three powerful lessons for self-development:
Create oxygen when the “fire” of life closes in.
Drop the backpack; let go of identities, habits, or immaturities that weigh you down.
Question automatic assumptions, not every fire needs to be fought.

This schmooze challenges us to rethink teshuvah, bechirah chofshis, and personal growth, and to ask ourselves:
What am I holding onto that I need to drop?
Where do I need to realign?
And what would it mean to truly return?

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