בס”ד Panic, confusion, and pessimism are the products of a wild heart. When the mind rules the heart, those beasts are replaced by courage, optimism, and a yearning to move forward. Especially when guidance comes from the mind’s essential wisdom, the inner eye that perceives the process of renewal at… Read More »PANIC
Rabbi Nachman teaches, Talk over spiritual matters with your friends. Each Jew has his own unique good point. Thus when two friends have a discussion, each can benefit from the other’s good point. Sometimes your friend’s good point may shine to you during a conversation that is outwardly about mundane… Read More »A GOOD TALK
בס”ד By creating the entire universe, G-d made forces that reveal Him and forces that oppose Him: He made light and darkness. Whoever does good brings more light. Whoever fails, feeds the darkness.But whoever fails and then returns, transcends that scheme. He reaches directly to G-d’s Essence. Beyond darkness and… Read More »RETURNING LIGHT
בס”ד By the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread, until you return to the ground; for you were taken from the dust, and to the dust you shall return. בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל לֶ֔חֶם עַ֤ד שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָ֣ר אַ֔תָּה וְאֶל־עָפָ֖ר תָּשֽׁוּב׃ II. Burial 2. Deuteronomy 21:22-3… Read More »END OF LIFE TOPICS 1 – TSELEM ELOKIM
Rabbi Nachman teaches, When someone asks his friend how he is and the friend says, “Not good”, this can be an opening for trouble. Because G-d says: “You call this not good? I’ll show you what not good is!” But if when his friend asks how he is, he answers… Read More »HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
“Don’t make for yourself any idol…” (Exodus 20:4) The Hebrew here is “Lo ta’aseh lecha pesel” which is ordinarily translated to teach we shouldn’t make an idol for ourselves. But it can also imply that we shouldn’t make ourselves into an idol! Idolatry is ultimately a placing one’s own will… Read More »EXODUS 20:4 – DON’T MAKE YOURSELVE INTO AN IDOL!
Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT BESHALACH YITRO 5784 – HEARING THE STILL, SMALL VOICE
“I am (anochi) Hashem your G-d who took you out of the land of Egypt…” (Exodus 20:2). Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Ishbitz offers a profound observation about this text in his Chassidic masterpiece Mei HaShiloach. He points out that ordinarily, the Hebrew word for “I” is ANI. However, the… Read More »EXODUS 20:2 – ANOCHI
