Awaiting the Physical
A soul stands and awaits for a thousand years the time that it will come down into this world. It longs for the time that it will become enclothed a crude soul, and will...
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Like an Animal
The first chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, once had a conversation with an individual that was known to be a great Torah scholar with exemplary character traits. In the conversation the Rebbe...
A Match and A Coal
A lit match, when blown on even slightly, is extinguished. However, with a coal, the more that one blows on it, the greater the fire becomes. The reason for this being, that with the match...
Thinking About G-d
A chossid once boasted of the manner in which he serves G-d, to the 4th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch: “I learn Chassidus prior to prayer, I contemplate on chassidic concepts during prayer...
Fooling a Fool
The second Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch once remarked: “An individual that does not work to improve his service of G-d in an internal way and is instead complacent in the manner which...
The Ladder
Once, a mentor for young chassidim, asked the following question: “Who is higher, the person on the 5th rung of a ladder, or the 3rd?” He continued to answer the question himself: If the...
But I’m a Jew
Once, a chossid came to the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, and bemoaned the fact that he had doubts in his faith of G-d and the Torah. The Rebbe asked him: “Why...
Love and Duty
The third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch once said: “Every Jew must ‘pay his debt’ to G-d with the fulfillment of the mitzvos that He commanded. However, an individual who loves G-d,...
In Court With a Cow
Once, a query concerning the kosher status of a certain cow was brought before the great chossid, Rabbi Hillel of Paritch. After some deliberation he declared the animal to be fit for consumption. Those...
