Internalizing faith
In general, our faith can be very external, as in the well-known case of the burglar who cries out to HaShem for success in his burglary (ברכות סג,א). Though he believes in G-d it...
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Rich Matzah
In celebrating the exodus from Mitzrayim we need to eat poor bread, lechem Ony, made with only bread and water that is devoid of any flavor and not Matza Ashirah rich bread with any flavor. This is because through yitziyas...
Bread of faith
The Baal Hatanya says: Michla d’mheimnusa, bread of faith is the first night, miIchla dasvasa bread of healing is the second night. His son the Mittler Rebbe explained; that if the healing brings somebody...
Sweet Matzos
Ba’erev tochlu matzos; “In the evening you shall eat matzos”. The word erev (evening) is used which also means sweet. This is to teach us that the eating of the matzos should be with...
Perfectly Broken
Once, during the festive meal of the last day of Pesach in the home of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, there was a shortage of whole matzos (shleimos). When those sitting by...
So That The Children Do Not Sleep
A story from the Pesach Seder and a deeper look to a simple question.
Pesach Blues?
Do you find Pesach cleaning an unbearable burden? Is it possible to actually look forward to Pesach cleaning?
Parshas Tetzaveh – The Mitzvah of Ketoret
An expose’ on the mitzvah of ketoret.
My Child Is Not Interested In My Lifestyle
My child is not interested in following the religious life that I chose for myself. Is there any way that I can get him to follow my path?
From Exile To Redemption (Full Essay)
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel (To view as a PDF, click here.) Will the Real Moshiach Please Stand Up? As Maimonides states at the conclusion of his magnum opus, Mishneh Torah, the concept of...
