17 Nissan 5783 – 8 April 2023 Fallen asleep There are those who have fallen into a deep sleep and experience nothing or hardly anything from Hashem. This can happen due to giving in to physical desires like food or drink and material desires or due to evil deeds. People… Read More »17 Nissan – Souls fallen asleep
11 Nissan 5783 – 2 april 2023 The first thing done in the Holy Temple each day is the Priest removing the ashes from the previous day’s offerings and placing them near the Altar. They are then deposited at a pure place outside of the camp. (Leviticus 6:3-4) R’ Mendel… Read More »11 Nissan – Raise up mundane things
9 Nissan 5783 – 31 maart 2023 “The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. Do not extinguish it” (Leviticus 6:5). The final phrase “lo tichbeh” is normally translated as ‘do not extinguish it’. The Maggid of Mezeritch, however, had a creative spin on how to read… Read More »9 Nissan – No to Negativity
6 Nissan 5783 – 30 maart 2023 By keeping the apointed mitzvot, working on ourselves and joyful acts of giving, we bring about true Happiness, the more we come to know about Hashem digesting the Torah, the more our will becomes alike that of Hashem and we find ourselves serving… Read More »8 Nissan – Were is room for G-d?
8 Nissan 5783 – 30 maart 2023 “He shall bring an unblemished ram, from the sheep, of the proper value as a guilt offering to the Priest. The Priest will make atonement for him – for the error which he did unintentionally and he did not know, and he will… Read More »8 Nissan – A Lack of Attention
6 Nissan 5783 – 28 maart 2023 “A perpetual fire shall be lit on the altar; it may not be extinguished.” (Leviticus 6:6) According to the Talmud (Zevachim 91b) extinguishing even a single coal on the altar is a transgression. When we’re young, we have a healthy, enthusiastic and pure… Read More »6 Nissan – Pure and Simple Faith
6 Nissan 5783 – 28 maart 2023 Yesterday we had a mindset course at school, always interesting to learn new things and see things from a different angle. We were divided into different groups, with different assignments. One group was given the task of thinking of what they could learn… Read More »6 Nissan – Learn from Animals
5 Nissan 5783 – 27 maart 2023 It has been 3 years since I first received a card on my birthday that said: The day you were born was the day Hashem decided He needed you It struck me this morning, when I said the Mode Ani prayer, that this… Read More »5- Nissan The day you were born
22 Adar 5783 – 29 maart 2023 R’ Elimelech of Lizhensk was widely recognized as one of the holiest people of his time. A young Torah scholar once came to see him and asked, “We are both well-learned in Torah, yet you have gone way beyond me in saintliness. What… Read More »22 Adar 5783 – Recite a Blessing
18 Adar 5783 – 11 Maart 2023 The school year is halfway through, but my thoughts today briefly went back to the end of the previous school year. The students knew they would have different teachers next school year. One pupil came up to me and asked, “do you know… Read More »18 Adar 5783 – Do something silly
