We Think It’s Normal — But It’s Not: The Menorah and the Torah-Shaped Soul - BeHaalotecha

 What
if the greatest miracle in your life is something you no longer notice? 

We
live surrounded by behaviors that feel completely natural: giving tzedakah,
visiting the sick, comforting mourners, helping strangers, worrying about
honesty even when nobody was harmed. We assume these reactions are universal.
They are not. In this mornings breakfast and a class podcast, 'We Think
It's Normal—But It's Not,' we explore how Torah shapes a person's
instincts until kindness, responsibility, and holiness become second nature.
Through stories from the Gemara, a remarkable modern halachic question, and the
world-changing impact of Sarah Schenirer, we discover the deeper meaning of the
Menorah and Aharon's mission: to raise souls until they shine on their own. The
light of the Menorah never went out—it lives on in the Torah-shaped soul.