The Moon? Aim Closer To Home
“Man reached the moon. But man to man he has yet to reach.”
With Pride Comes Peace
Say thank you for all that you have, for the tremendous abundance in your life that cannot be taken for granted in any way.
Criticize or Praise?
It is the easiest to only praise, to be "all smiles and hearts," but if you truly care about someone, you do not flatter him. You help him become better.
People Are More Important
A society in which nobody cares about a person who falls down and dies, but mourns a stone that falls, is a society that has a problem; it cares more about physical progress than human life.
We Don’t Even Realize What We’re Missing
We are like poor people who do not know they are poor and how rich they could be.
Never Stop
The Baal Shem Tov told his disciples that all the dozens of journeys detailed in this parshah exist also in each person's life – from the day of his birth to the day he leaves this world. In every journey, one has to move upwards and learn something new.
What Kind Of Pesach Is This?
So what are we getting out of Pesach this year? Pesach itself. In this strange and difficult time, we are left with Pesach itself. With the festival of freedom.
A Different Kind Of Election
Choosing what really matters
Focusing On The Pesach In Our Relationships
We ate matzah – boom! We received an injection of faith for the entire year. This dose of faith is absorbed into our bodies and souls. It doesn’t matter how we felt. Consciously or unconsciously, we have been transformed by this experience.
On Rav Steinman And Tooting One’s Own Horn
It has been one year since the passing of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman at the age of 104, on Chanukah Eve. Many stories were...
A Prayer Regarding Politics And The News
Make a portion of your Torah a part of me so that I do not waste my time reading articles and hearing analysis based on guesses and futile evaluations that pop up all of a sudden and are just as quickly proven wrong.
Shabbat In Kharkov, Ukraine
Alexander Kaganovsky, president of our cong. asked for silence and said: 'I want to thank all the emissaries who have stayed behind with us. For many years you have been saying that you are an inseparable part of us, but now you proved it in the moment of truth.'
A Tip For Living A Long Life
If you honor and esteem the values of your parents, you will merit long life since you will then have created a bridge between the past and the future and they will unite without interruption.
How Checking The Kashrut Of Chewing Gum Helped Him Find A Partner For Life
How do we want to live our lives? Now that Hanukkah is over, the routine of work, study, and winter begins.
Why Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai?
Most of us don’t understand the Torah of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at all, but we understand that there is something there, that there is a greater unseen depth to life.
Everyone Matters!
Even within large groups, or even within an entire nation, each individual has a special place and a unique mission. Each person is important.
Creating A World With Words
It is therefore always a good idea to put a time limit on our negative emotions. Instead of just saying, 'It's very hard for me,' say 'It's very hard for me right now.'
Our Constant Challenge
Indeed, we know what is of primary and what is of secondary importance in life, yet this understanding is not always easy to apply.
Lies Never Win
Korach was the hero of the hour. His ratings and the spirit of the times were on his side.
Grandma’s Tears
Do not allow any bad thought to arise in our hearts, heaven forbid, neither when we are awake nor in a dream.
The Kohen Gadol: Alone And Not Alone
The high priest is alone. It is forbidden for anyone to be with him, but it is precisely because of this restriction that his power is so great.
I Want It Now!
Tu B'Shevat is a reminder once a year of the most important commodities: patience, continued labor, investment, devotion.
Can Anything Ever Change?
Shabbat Shalom
And Your Children Will Return To Their Borders
They are a reminder that everything can suddenly be turned upside down – and turn out for the best.
A Lesson From Mrs. Gafner
Even at the height of personal anguish it's still possible to demonstrate such sensitivity.
Why Do Lubavitchers Do It?
What motivates Chabad emissaries? Yitzchak's work is also our work – to dig wells. To believe that under the dirt and dust and all the layers, there is clear, sweet water. Even if someone seems indifferent, distant, and cynical – even wicked – that is just an outer shell. Inside there is a soul, there is life.
The Last Sobibor Survivor
Simjon Rosenfeld, 96 years old, was the last survivor of the Sobibor death camp. In a camp in which 150,000 Jews were murdered, he and his friend managed to kill 11 SS people and escape. Most of the rebels were caught and murdered. Simjon survived, until yesterday.
The Shallow Brook We Dare Not Cross
It would seem that the problem was not in the stream but in the people. The Children of Israel disparaged the Land of Israel through the negative report of the spies and they had still not rectified this sin.
Sneaking Into A Soccer Stadium
This is a big atonement for me. My conscience was tormented. The purpose in my publication of this story is to set an example for our youth that they should not steal.