Is There a Point In Resolutions
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Even if one fails many times and we feel like a hypocrite, good resolutions have great value. Conflicting feelings we feel because of the choices we make or failed at,...
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By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Even if one fails many times and we feel like a hypocrite, good resolutions have great value. Conflicting feelings we feel because of the choices we make or failed at,...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The holy Baal Shem Tov (1698- 1760) – master of good name taught, that everything in this universe from the celestial beings to human beings, down to a kernel of sand...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui “In every generation and every day a person must see himself going out of Egypt.” The souls of humans are expected to move from strength to strength on a daily basis....
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Torah tells us the two most powerful and underlying emotions in a human being are pain and pleasure – fear and love. “Keep away from bad, do good, seek...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Our sages say, “The gates of tears were never closed.” Why then does there need to be any gates at all if they are never closed? Every once in a while...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Talmud talks about the influence and predictable behavior of someone born on different days of the week and different hours of the day. One born on Wednesday will be...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok once said. “In previous generations, Chasidim would describe people by saying; this one (person) is a genuine inward directed authentic individual, this one,...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui One of the great principles taught by the Baal Shem Tov was that everything in this world is by Divine providence. Nothing happens just because, and everything down to the...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui When G-d gave the Ten Commandments, Moses was instructed to convey G-ds message first to the women and only afterwards to the men. According to the Midrash, G-d did not...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Kabbalah – mysticism makes it pretty clear; ”A person is his thoughts”. In the words of the Holy Baal Shem Tov, “In the place where a person’s thoughts are, there is...