Question:
What are the limits to how much we need to disconnect from social life?
Answer:
First of all, you need to make sure that you have a deep love for other Jews before you attempt to have more solitude. Secondly, you need to make sure that you actually feel pain over other Jews’ problems and that you are able to cry about other’s problems. Thirdly, see if you’re doing things for other people. If you have met all these three conditions, then you are able to work on hisbodedus. How much time does a person need for hisbodedus? It depends on each person, and it depends on each personality.
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