Time to end strong. What to work on the last 12 days.

The speaker conducts a class on the last 12 days of Elul, a powerful period for spiritual rectification before the Jewish New Year. He explains that these days allow people to work on specific life areas tied to each of the 12 months. The core teaching is that hardships and losses serve as blessings designed to increase spiritual appetite and desire rather than as punishments. He argues that the 98 curses in Torah came not from serving God without happiness, but from failing to perceive situations from a correct spiritual perspective.

The speaker emphasizes that control and comfort zones limit blessings, while stepping into uncertainty (what he calls 'no man's land') expands capacity to receive. He discusses how sadness represents a denial of proper perspective, whereas a broken heart—seeking help and understanding—is spiritually valuable. He teaches that miracles come to those willing to sacrifice their nature and go against their instincts, citing the principle 'as below, so is above' from Kabbalah.

For each of the 12 days, the speaker provides specific spiritual work: resolutions (Elul 18), transitions and resilience (Elul 19), faith and miracles through sacrifice (Elul 20), patience and freedom from anger (Elul 21), food and coping mechanisms (Elul 22), happiness and releasing the illusion of knowledge (Elul 23), breakthroughs and boundaries (Elul 24), healing and elemental balance (Elul 25), spirituality and structured time (Elul 26), reactivity versus creation (Elul 27), love and reconciliation (Elul 28), and repentance (Elul 29).

The speaker warns against labeling and naming experiences, as this limits potential and locks reality into a fixed state. He uses examples of health diagnoses and business setbacks to show how perspective determines outcomes. He emphasizes humility—particularly the meditation 'Ma' (What do I know?)—as the foundation for receiving divine blessing. He argues that maintaining divine providence requires moral actions like giving, boundary-setting, and spiritual discipline, and that wealth without spirituality creates emptiness despite financial success.