Are You Growing or Standing Still - Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

Religion is a journey, not a destiny. We are constantly on the journey of growth. There you We're looking to grow constantly. There's constantly things that we have to protect ourselves from, things that we have to move away from, and things that we have to make sure to maintain the the the decency of Torah Jews. And number three, "Lech Lecha" is in the spiritual sense. "Lech Lecha", go, grow, accomplish, do something with life. Grow as a Jew. "Lech Lecha", start moving. Start moving as a Jew. There are two I think I told you there there are two types of Jews in the world. There are like two types of of religious Jews in the world. There are those who are growing and those who are stagnating. And the color of your yarmulke, and the color of your the color of your hat and your yarmulke and your shirt, in the grand scheme of things, don't really matter that much. Because what matters is, are you growing or are you stagnating? Are you looking to improve or are you satisfied with where you are? Being satisfied where we are means we are by definition downgrading. A Jew has It's like being on a ramp. We have to constantly propel ourselves forward. When we stop propelling ourselves forward, we start slipping back.