Aviv Alush Opens Up: "There’s Tremendous Power in Silence"

Actor Aviv Alush has grown stronger in his Jewish observance in recent years, often sharing Torah thoughts and spiritual reflections with his followers. This past weekend, he opened up about a recent personal shift, explaining why he has been posting less frequently and why he felt the need to disconnect and head into the desert before Shabbat.

“For the past six years, every Friday I wrote or filmed a video about the weekly Torah portion,” Alush shared on Instagram. “For a while now, I haven’t been writing and I’ve barely been posting anything. A lot of you have been asking me about it.”

He explained that he reached a point where he felt spiritually drained.

“The truth is, I felt like I was going full speed in neutral, and I needed to breathe a little.”

“There Is Tremendous Power in Silence”

Alush described his recent decision to step back from social media and spend more time in quiet reflection.

“I wanted to go inward and put myself on mute,” he wrote. “There is tremendous power in silence. It allows us to renew ourselves, and above all, to listen to our hearts and to the people around us.”

Speaking about his trip to the desert ahead of Shabbat, Alush reflected on the unique quiet found there.

“The desert may be connected to speech by name, but honestly, what there mostly is in the desert is silence wrapping around you from every direction,” he wrote. “So that we can hear the inner voice and prepare ourselves for the next level we are rising to.”

“Love Your Fellow as Yourself”

One of the last posts Alush shared before taking a break showed him putting on tefillin while holding a siddur.

Alongside the photo, he quoted the well known declaration recited before prayer:

“I hereby accept upon myself the positive mitzvah of ‘Love your fellow as yourself,’ and I hereby love each and every one of the Children of Israel as myself and with all that I have.”

Alush then shared the deeper meaning behind those words.

“As long as I do not accept upon myself to love every Jew, there is some kind of flaw in my prayer and in the system,” he explained. “Israel, the Torah, and Hashem are one. And if every Jew is part of that One, then how can I hate him?”

In recent years, Alush has increasingly used his public platform not only to share professional projects, but also to speak openly about faith, Torah, prayer, and spiritual growth.