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Rabbi Silber's Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh shiur on the purpose of life picks up the theme of closeness to Hashem, asking why knowing we are close to Him so rarely translates into actually feeling it. He shows that this gap between intellectual awareness and emotional experience is one of the deepest challenges of a spiritual life — a person can know a truth completely and still not feel it move him. The shiur ends by naming that gap honestly as the real work ahead: turning knowledge of Hashem's closeness into a felt reality.
Knowing a truth intellectually and feeling it emotionally are two very different things — a person can know something completely and still not feel it.
The deepest challenge in avodas Hashem is often not a lack of knowledge, but the gap between what we know and what we actually feel.
Just as a person can know he's close to family or a best friend without always feeling that closeness, the same gap applies to our closeness with Hashem.
Naming a struggle honestly — "I know it, but I don't feel it" — is the first real step toward closing that gap.
No spiritual challenge is insurmountable when faced with patience and consistency, one day at a time.
