False Humility
There are some individuals who only see their faults and blemishes. They are only aware of their negative and their essential lowliness. This way of acting is false self-effacement and foolish humility. It destroys...
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Parshas Mishpatim – Faith, Logic and Beyond
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. This week’s parsha focuses on the rational laws of the Torah. Included in this Torah portion however, are the preparations for the giving...
Flesh, Blood and G-d
In Tanya (Ch. 2) it states that every single Jew “from the highest of all ranks to the lowest that is embodied within the illiterate and the most worthless, all derive, as it were,...
Two Eyes, Two Goals
When the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn was a child, he once asked his father the following: “Why is it that G-d created man with two eyes? Wouldn’t man have sufficed with...
Senseless Love
The Talmud (Yuma 9b) states that the Second Temple was destroyed due to senseless hatred. Meaning to say, that they hated for no reason whatsoever; not for holy reasons and even contrary to basic...
Beloved and Dear
In a letter from the “Alter Rebbe,” Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, he writes (Iggeres HaKodesh, 22): “Therefore, my beloved and dear ones: I beg of you to make an effort with all the...
Beautiful or Alive?
In the year 5618 (1858), Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch traveled from Russia to Italy and Germany. While the official reason for his journey was for the sake of his health, the true reason for...
Parshas Mishpatim – Rational Laws
The Parsha that immediately follows the giving of the Torah are rational commandments.
Parshas Mishpatim – The Importance of Gratitude
What dogs teach us concerning gratitude.
The Essence of Idolatry
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The Parsha of Yisro holds the pinnacle of G-dly revelation to the Jewish People. The Israelites merit the giving of the Torah and the Ten Commandments. In the Ten...
